Tuesday, January 18, 2011

LAST CHILD IN THE WOODS: Saving Our Children from Nature-Deficit Disorder by Richard Louv

The Rise of Cultural Autism

In the most nature-deprived corners of the world we can see the rise of what might be called cultural autism. The symptoms? Tunneled senses, and feeling of isolation and containment. Experience, including physical risk, is narrowing to about the size of a cathode ray, tube or flat panel if you prefer. Atrophy of the senses was occurring long before we came to be bombarded with the latest generation of computers, high-definition TV and wireless phones.

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