when did we become so "important"?

pride, self-sabotage, and "evolution" at work

In the late 90s, before I had an internet connection and well before I had a cell phone, it required ingenuity to stay in touch.

For example, if I had plans to meet someone in Manhattan, we’d set up a time and place. If the person I was meeting was running late or early, they’d call my landline and leave a message.

When I arrived at the location, if that person wasn’t there, I’d call my own phone, let the answering machine pick up, and then punch in a specific code. This would enable me to hear my messages. This is how I’d get word that perhaps my friend was running late or had switched to another venue.

Today, we let machines do the “thinking” for us.

In our “modern” society, we no longer have to learn how to spell or remember phone numbers or do math in our heads or memorize directions or even walk up a single flight of stairs.

Thanks to the marvels of industrial civilization, we happily delegate such tedious tasks to technology so we can have time to focus on the truly important stuff, like… um… well… uh… removing 90 percent of the large fish from the ocean, perhaps?

Not only that, but we have tricked ourselves into believing that we should never be out of touch.

When did we become so important?

Has evolution altered our significance quotient over the past quarter-century? Were people in the recent past simply not consequential enough to warrant 365/24/7 digital communication?

Or could it be something else…?

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It’s believed that cats like to be groomed with a very slightly wet toothbrush because it reminds them of their mother’s tongue. As you can see in the background of this photo, I’ve been doing this for Jupi… but I use Holy Water.

Spoiler alert: She enjoys it!

(That ^ is a cat treat puzzle feeder to keep feline minds stimulated)

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