"Where I lived, and What I Lived For" By Henry David Thoreau

Henry, T. D. (2011). Where i lived, and what i lived for. In S. Cohen, 50 Essays (pp. 403-409). Boston: Bedford St. Martins.

In the essay, “Where I Lived and What I Lived For,” by Henry David Thoreau writes about his experience of living in the woods away from society.  He went to live in the woods because he wished to live deliberately.  All he wants was simplicity and the essentials of life.  Thoreau did not liked railroads, post offices, and never read a newspaper.  He found those kinds of technology to be unnecessary.  Enjoying his life out in nature was his ideal way of life and the way he thinks how life should be like.

Social media and Thoreau’s points are related.  Nowadays, people are so into technology and the Internet that they forget about the essence of life.  Those people think that the Internet is their world now, and the real outside world in the wild is left out.  People can communicate easier and faster, transportation is improving, and information gets out immediately.  Social media has really influenced people in a way that they don’t realize that is not good for them because it is taking over their life.  Yes, technology is the most important thing in the century, but people abuse it, and if it continues on, it will not turn out good.