Reflections on Digital Detox and Human Connection from a Galapagos Trip
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Summary
The author recounts a transformative week-long trip to the Galapagos Islands where they were largely disconnected from the internet. Initially challenging for someone who is "congenitally online," the experience led to profound reflections on media consumption, politics, and human connection. The trip involved diverse fellow travelers from different backgrounds and political affiliations, and the forced digital detox prompted the author to question their relationship with technology and constant information flow.
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My Galapagos excursion took place on a boat with over a dozen other travelers. They were young and older, professors and small business owners (even an Army colonel!), Republicans and Democrats, from big cities and small towns.
I'm writing this on my flight back from a weeklong trip to the Galapagos Islands, where for the first time in years I was largely without access to the Internet.
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