As John Updike said in the introduction to the Princeton edition of "Walden":

"...the book itself risks being as revered and unread as the Bible."

#Thoreau #thoreauvian #walden

In my book I quoted a 1990 Boston Globe piece declaring VR no match for a walk in the woods; this week I was reminded Mark Weiser's famous 1991 essay also says computing should be "as refreshing as taking a walk in the woods." Goes back to Thoreau I suppose (and Heidegger), but wondering now about the history of this rather-be-in-the-woods school of technology

#Thoreauvian #MediaTheory #VR #UbiComp