I enjoyed growing up on a farm, but I was nowhere ...

2009-11-28T10:58:31.156-05:00

I enjoyed growing up on a farm, but I was nowhere near as disconnected as the people Seth wrote about in his article.

Most of Brazil is not unlike the U.S. There's a lot of commercial influence in society, and folks there are hooked for the most part on soccer and soap operas.

Life is life, wherever you are, I guess.

I read another brief article recently by the same reporter that I hope to share in not too long. It's about a man trying to get psychological help to folks in isolated areas of the Amazon.

As a former rural boy, I don't consider such life ...

2009-11-27T23:44:36.150-05:00

As a former rural boy, I don't consider such life idyllic. Nor do I consider television an intrusion into such a life.

My only hope that people in Brazil learn to embrace the useful aspects of technology and global communication without repeating some of the pitfalls we Americans (and possibly other countries) have fellen into as a result. Watching a game of soccer and even soap operas (better than reality TV, I suppose) is one thing. Turning into a total couch potato as a result is another. Hopefully, the people in Brazil can manage the former while avoiding the latter.

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I enjoyed growing up on a farm, but I was nowhere ...

As a former rural boy, I don't consider such life ...