Wired Hermit by SWS
    
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| SWS, Kosrae, Micronesia, 9/11/2000:
Field Notes: |
How many
times have you wondered if its possible to escape the rat race
of the City and find an island of your dreams. . . maybe with
no people. . . just dolphins, palm trees, beautiful sunsets,
white sandy beaches, clear turquoise water, etc. . . well anyone
who saw the Matrix or who even imagined a tuna fish sandwich
before making it, knows that anything you can dream can become
real. Especially when all that we call real is just a dream.
. .A little boy in his room alone is God. . . until his Mom knocks
on the door. . . the challenge is to find an island where it is
possible to Grok- to dream- in complete peace without distraction.
Then we can grok on an infinite level. This is tough- but with
the help of digital tools it is possible. To date there have
been a limited number of successful industrial hermits, but with
technology increasing at a breakneck speed, the potential for
the wired hermit is infinite. We need nothing but an island,
a few coconuts and a laptop.
Anyone can
be a hermit, but the wired hermit must be able to get online
at all times. He is a new evolution of hermit- one who escapes
but communicates digitally from a safe distance.
With a whole
new generation of web developers, dot com millionaires, and other
internet and creative digital professionals, location has suddenly
become completely irrelevant. We have a choice to live anywhere
on the planet with nothing else but food, water, and a phone
line. So wherever we live we are making a statement- "I
can be anywhere else on the planet right now, living as easily
and making the same income, but I choose to be right here."
Wherever we live we are endorsing as the best place in the world.
But I choose to endorse no one. So I live on an island. I suspect
more will follow. This site should help.
Dylan Tauber, Son of Waves Studios, 2000
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