Originally Posted by
jamawani
It is frightening how dependent the younger generation has become upon various information technologies. Rather then increase the possibilities available to us - it seems electronic media have created even more straight jackets.
I'm certainly
not a member of the younger generation. Information technology doesn't create more straight jackets but opens up far more possibilities. I wish I would have had the stupid smart phone when I toured the Natchez Trace. It could have made a rather boring ride...I'm a plains boy and I tire quickly of trees...into a far better adventure by providing me with information about the area surrounding the Trace.
When using paper maps, I seldom stray off the route that I've mapped out because I have little information about the areas off my route. Most of us are constrained when we vacation and have to make the best of the time we have available. If you don't know what is off your route, you are less likely to deviate from it. With a whole world of information at my finger tips, I can go off route to find far more interesting places and explore the world more which is the reason that I travel by bike in the first place.