Down with bloggers

I've recently been exposed to various diatribes that criticize the advent of meaningless and ridiculous blogs and criticize the prevalence of bloggers. I don't take it personally. I can hardly be called a regular blogger.

Undoubtedly, some bloggers have inflated views of their ability to critique and journalize about current events. I don't claim to be doing anything other than recording my thoughts and ideas; this proves very useful for me as I look back on the progress or journey of my thinking or trajectory towards a certain place. However, I have a journal in the form of a book in which I use occasionally to hand write far more personal content. These things are unlikely to ever be placed in a public space such as this.

There are of course other reasons to blog - I do have another blog which I heavily utilized while we were living in Virginia (which I don't use now), but that was used as a means to keep up with friends and family as well as entertain myself as I sat in my flat with little stimulation (at times).

Apparently, some bloggers are religious about their postings and about following other blogs. I recently reviewed an article which highlighted the prevalence of bloggers linking to other bloggers which produced an interesting (and somewhat closed) network of commentary upon politics and additional current affairs.

It is evident that one could spend their whole lives in front of a screen, but I refuse to do so. For those that don't like their own lives, I cannot knock them living in their preferred virtual life.

Life is for living. I am concerned about the potential invasion of so-called progressive technologies which will enforce us to live our lives in front of screens. Ugh!