BACK TO BASICS

As a global society, I think we are flying too close to the sun - knowing how to survive without modern technology is really important and yet, we have completely discarded the importance of learning such skills.

Yesterday my phone stopped working for no easily discernible reason. It was on, but was not connecting to internet via mobile data or Wifi. As this happened right before a meeting, I was unable to access all the information needed for said meeting. As I do not rely on ChatGPT to produce my work (yes, shade! 😂), I was easily able to recover and make the meeting productive, but it did get me thinking - what would happen if we suddenly had a blackout and were unable to connect to anything?

When you consider how many things in modern society require electricity, internet and/or bluetooth, you realise that the world as we know it would actually cease to exist in an instant. No cash withdrawals, no traffic lights,

I don't know about you guys, but although my navigation is great (with a compass, not the moon or sun 🙃) and I have the right skill set to treat wounds, I cannot start a fire without a lighter, recognise poisonous berries, or build an adequate shelter without some instructions. These are skills that were once deemed so critical for survival that they were taught to all kids at a young age; these days, kids can barely use Google Maps to get around because they are constantly being chauffeured by their parents!

Modern day technology has done amazing things for society, and the advancements in that space will be spoken about for generations however I think we need to encourage one another to do more than just "touch grass", we should all learn to grow it too.