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Henry David Thoreau's Analysis

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Henry David Thoreau, one of the world’s most popular skeptics of technological innovation, once said, “I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what I had to teach.” Thoreau wanted to live his life feeling accomplished. Danny Heitman believes that Thoreau’s ideas could co-exist today. Heitman says, “Perhaps his greatest insight into the information revolution was his simple recognition that his bargain exists.” Meaning what we are willing to give for what we want, and the time we want it.
Thoreau wrote in Walden, “And I am sure that I never read any memorable news in the newspaper.” He believed “one is enough”, if you read the same news over and over it’s nothing to remember. I believe
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