This hits home.
"For the past decade I’ve spent hours each day immersed in podcasts - my unofficial academy. They’ve taught me everything from literary history to the mechanics of investing. I’m genuinely grateful to the people who share that knowledge so freely.
And yet there is an irony in this digital enlightenment. My mind has never been more crowded with facts, but my world has never felt quieter. I carry the history of the world in my pocket, yet I miss the instinctive wisdom of those long, aimless summers. In the forests of my youth, we didn’t need guides to mindfulness or lectures on presence. We were simply present.
Now I walk different hills with a voice in my ear explaining how the world works, while the world itself waits patiently for me to look up. I may be better informed, but I sometimes wonder if I’ve traded the raw, unscripted joy of living for the comfort of understanding."
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