
Living on the Edge: Rediscovering One’s Self in Tech Free Oregon, by Dave Masko. The author is a retired Defense Department photojournalist. Masko has devoted a substantial part of his post-military reporting career this past 15 years living along Oregon’s central coast to why so many former information technology users view now view the digital tech culture as both odious and even tenacious whe...
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to “constant connection” user surveillance and brainwashing. The author’s field of interest also includes paranormal sciences that are alive and well in the quirky state of Oregon. Masko has interviewed hundreds of Oregon locals and visitors this past decade about how the impersonal world of modern information technology has basically “dehumanized” tech users in a very real and frightening way. The author also admits that we live in a curious tech driven culture and world where most human needs are controlled by bureaucratic digital culture ways and means to the human beings determent. The most awkward thing about any pursuit of an efficient, tech free mode of living is that so often the outcome is inefficient to the needs of the users trying to maintain their humanity. In general, Masko’s thesis or argument – showcased in numerous story parts featuring inters with everyday Oregonians and visitors is that more human contact and freedom can lead to living one’s best life in a time of “Big Brother” information technology. The good news is that the steady advance of “unplugging” from machines and “screens” is a new feeling of being fully human and alive again here in Oregon where the trend in 2016 is to reject social networking, constant connection and tech overuse.