"The Use of Energy" - Wendell and me

I agree with Wendell Berry. In his essay “The Use of Energy,” he states that we have moved so far from what we used to be traditionally. Before machines and gadgets we knew how to survive out in the wild. Today, we rely too much on cars, cellphones, and computers when it comes to our everyday lives.

In a way you can say that we are spoiled. One can also argue that the things that we have now are essential to living. As time goes by, man takes what he has and makes it better. As we grow we adapt; the standard of living is adjusted. Small things, like ipods and cellphones, become so apart of your life that you cannot comprehend living with out them. Pretty soon nothing is a big deal. We have the world at our finger tips. Everything we do is so different, so machine like, but we’re used to it. We've adapted. We’ve changed. We’re man, nothing can stop us.