Mixing-Up the Format

I'm going to try something different today. I'm not sure what it is yet but I'm hoping that if I just keep on typing good things will happen.

Technology has transformed me into a very dependent and useless animal. Within the world of technology and consequently most of society I have some very useful skills but if technology were to suddenly give out and I had to live like people lived even half a century ago I would be in trouble. Obviously I'm relying on technology to not completely give out any time soon. Essentially all of my usefulness to the specialized job market is in computers, which I think is an important area to be knowledgeable in right now, but I can't help but feel like I'm throwing all my eggs into one basket. My knowledge in the basics of simple survival skills are probably not enough to keep me alive on my own in a difficult situation.

Should I be concerned about retaining these older 'animal' skills or do they actually only carry a value prescribed by idealized ideas of human ability. It does seem sad to think that many humans have become part computer simply by the fact that they would not be able to live like they do without technology as it is. I can recognize this, but is my wariness of technology causing me to doubt my investments in skills? Would my life be better if I was confident that I could live in the wild on my own? I doubt it would hurt.

If I think about it rationally I think the skills that are most important to have are those that can provide me with the most happiness. I don't need to be self-sufficient in the wild to be happy, at least as long as I'm not trying to live in the wild. Even so, I think computers have taught me one skill that applies to everything and that is how to teach myself quickly and effectively with the tools I have been given. At least I hope this skill translates into other aspects of life. Maybe I'm in better shape here than I think. Humans can be surprisingly resilient. Writing everything out now actually makes me feel better about it all.

I'm not sure if everything I wrote is completely cohesive or if I included every point that I should have. I could be making the necessary logical links in my head instead of having them occur in writing like they should. I am fired tired so I'm just warning it could be a rant. I had to write something. I should stop defending what I'm writing. I just going to stop writing this post now. This entire paragraph was unnecessary but I'll leave it so my thought process is visible.