Why I Am Not Going to Buy a Computer

A more thought-provoking read than I expected and I had to slow my reading speed significantly to absorb the arguments.

A well-argued essay (and response to its feedback) not just on computers and why he prefers not to use one but also on technological progress, feminism, and the environment.

I'd only vaguely heard of Berry but in these past two weeks, I've heard his name and books mentioned at least three times.

If the TBR pile is reduced, perhaps I will pick up his novel Hannah Coulter.

For a morning read, this was short, thought provoking and engaging. It raised some questions about marriage / partnership and the ‘social economy' that I have not considered before, and tuned my eye to that of a conservationist in the age of technological enhancement...shit, this was written in 1987/9?

I wonder what the author thinks of the world today.

I love this:

“Finally, it seems to me that none of my correspondents recognizes the innovativeness of my essay. If the use of a computer is a new idea, then a newer idea is not to use one.”

Also a generous nod at the end to embodied learning, how the body ‘characterises' everything it touches. Awesome.