This is cool. Karen was

This is cool. Karen was published in the latest Netfuture. Update 11:45am: [You can now read the entire article at the netfuture site.]

In NF #126 I invited readers to explain what steps they take to “hold the balance” with technology. Karen Lucci ([email protected]) reports that

This past weekend to get away from all the noise and clutter, I participated in a completely silent retreat at a Jesuit retreat house (www.montserratretreat.org). I’m not even Catholic! It was a rich weekend full of silence and solitude. It gave me room to breathe and room to think …. to turn down the volume in my head and just be. It was wonderful.

sigh I haven’t been in there since 1996 when I was advocating the elimination of privacy for the rich and powerful through search engines. A view that has remained pretty much unchaged over the years.