{"id":65,"date":"2016-03-08T17:39:55","date_gmt":"2016-03-08T22:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wjimhudson.com\/?page_id=65"},"modified":"2023-07-14T23:17:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-15T03:17:22","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wjimhudson.com\/","title":{"rendered":"Technologist. Luddite."},"content":{"rendered":"

I’m a 50-something husband, father, author, historian, Methodist, genealogist, fan of Marvel and Star Trek, admirer of railroads, avid reader, travel lover, Anglophile, and appreciator of movies and music.<\/p>\n

I’m also a technologist and luddite combined into one. I am a gadget geek, love technology, work as a developer, and use AI daily. \u00a0That said, I also worry about the effect all of these tools have on people.<\/p>\n

Deep down, I harbour unease about what we\u2019ve lost in the technology bargain. Perhaps it\u2019s nothing more than the nostalgic historian in me, but I think before our daily routines became so “connected” we experienced and enjoyed life more fully.<\/p>\n

Communication was a skill and art form instead of a commodity. Nature was spectacle and wonder instead of simply a holiday destination. Your Local Area Network was your surrounding community instead of a group of servers exchanging bits and bytes.<\/p>\n

Our inventions are wont to be pretty toys, which distract our attention from serious things. They are but improved means to an unimproved end.
\n\u2014 Henry David Thoreau<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

As with any tool, please use technology properly and in correct proportion to the size of the job you are trying to accomplish. Technology is a means, not an end.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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