Three hours from Mysore rests the quiant jungle resort and lodge called Kabini. With several cabins located near the Kabini River, visitors are able to go on safari rides to see all kinds of wildlife...from elephants and monkeys to crocodilles and peacocks! There are even felines such as tigers and leapords in the resort area. The actual lodging premise apparently resembles the typical British-colonial lodging; and near the wide screened-in gazebo (eating area) are two gigantic hammocks facing the shoreline of the river. Supported by five or six trees these hammocks would be an adventurous grade-school kid's dream. No joke. A group of us wide-eyed and gitty threw our bags on the ground and ran for the enormous spider-like web. And guess what, the hammock easily held all 10 of us! We all just laid there soaking up rays of sunlight.
Kabini has become my retreat. Finally, it's my chance to escape the obnoxious city noise and pungent polluted air. Relaxing in rural countryside of India. Beneath the bright starry sky most of us felt the ease of complete isolation from the rest of the world...the key word is most of us. Shortly after arriving to the lodge, Harvey and Gene's blackberries began buzzing. Email after email. A world away from their offices and co-workers, these two are still unable to escape work. 24/7/365 connection.
I am reminded of Friedmen's chapter titled THE STEROIDS: Digital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual every time Harvey, Gene, or Todd whip out their blackberries or iPhone and rattle off football scores, news reports, the Minnesota weather temperature, or the name of some club listed in Mysore. In Friedman's chapter he describes his train ride from Tokyo to Mishima. While he gazes out the window, soaking in the exotic Japanese countryside, his comrade is completely sucked into his wireless connectivity. Emails and updates, of course. Friedman goes on to elaborate his theory of THE STEROIDS in the following:
"the new technologies that amplify and turbo charge all the other flatteners. They are taking all the forms of collaboration highlighted in this section--outsourcing, offshoring, uploading, supply-chain, insourcing, and in-forming and making it possible to do each and everyone of them in a way this is digital, mobile, virtual, and personal."(pg. 187)
Kabini has become my retreat. Finally, it's my chance to escape the obnoxious city noise and pungent polluted air. Relaxing in rural countryside of India. Beneath the bright starry sky most of us felt the ease of complete isolation from the rest of the world...the key word is most of us. Shortly after arriving to the lodge, Harvey and Gene's blackberries began buzzing. Email after email. A world away from their offices and co-workers, these two are still unable to escape work. 24/7/365 connection.
I am reminded of Friedmen's chapter titled THE STEROIDS: Digital, Mobile, Personal, and Virtual every time Harvey, Gene, or Todd whip out their blackberries or iPhone and rattle off football scores, news reports, the Minnesota weather temperature, or the name of some club listed in Mysore. In Friedman's chapter he describes his train ride from Tokyo to Mishima. While he gazes out the window, soaking in the exotic Japanese countryside, his comrade is completely sucked into his wireless connectivity. Emails and updates, of course. Friedman goes on to elaborate his theory of THE STEROIDS in the following:
"the new technologies that amplify and turbo charge all the other flatteners. They are taking all the forms of collaboration highlighted in this section--outsourcing, offshoring, uploading, supply-chain, insourcing, and in-forming and making it possible to do each and everyone of them in a way this is digital, mobile, virtual, and personal."(pg. 187)
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