As someone who finds herself torn between two seemingly opposite interests, I find myself pondering whether or not they can coincide.

On the one hand, I am a bit of a technophile, and becoming more of one as time goes on. I think technological innovation is not only good but imperative.

On the other hand, I am also drawn to traditions of the past. Knitting, sewing, quilting, cooking–I’d garden, too, if I weren’t in an apartment. There’s something about that connectedness that I think is on the rise. One thing about technology is that it is often, by nature, ephemeral. And a file on a disk can’t compare to the feeling of holding something that you created in your hands.

I think–wonder–if maybe we shouldn’t be pondering a new model for society. Techno-agrarianism, for lack of a better term (agrarianism 2.0?). I’ll write more later, as I sort through this, but I wonder if this wouldn’t be a way to create a productive, yet also sustainable, future.