This is awesome. We take connectivity for such granted. I was on a flight last week and the connection I had was better than the connection I had at home 5 years ago. Imagine having NO access to the internet in this day and age? Who knows, while those balloons are up there, maybe they'll find Major Khaaan?
Actually, I can imagine it. I have gone for the past few months without Internet connection in my apartment (and over a year now without a phone!). I find that the space of disconnection is a good place for me to collect my mind and feel more fully inside myself. I personally found/find it to be necessary, at least at the moment. But the goal would be that this space allows me to more fully engage with/on the Internet in a proactive and creative way. But ya, Loon! Let's get the global brain up and running... !Imagine having NO access to the internet in this day and age?
Yeah, I have friends that disconnect as well and have no phones etc. But they are making a choice, that's quite different than not having a choice at all. Also, given the nature of the work I do, not having Internet connectivity wouldn't be tenable.
Oh for sure. Internet for all! It should eventually be a basic human right (which is actually another reason why I am trying not to pay for Internet/cell phone etc., our communication space should be based on free universal access). And I realize what I am experimenting with is not realistic nor desirable to everyone... just something I am exploring.
It's a pretty ambitious prediction, and not your typical crazy prediction, i.e. "sometime in the next 20 years" (short enough to peak our attention but long enough away to be forgotten if it doesn't happen) -- so we can see if they succeed! Would be amazing!