Who led jesus into the wilderness software#

I want a way out of this unending cycle, somewhere I can go not only for quiet but for real connection-a connection not to bots and algorithms, but to creation and awe. As I stare into the face of my computer for hours on end, the wilderness seems inviting. Perhaps this is why I want to know more about why Jesus wandered into the wilderness. It’s also a lonely hour to have questions. As a working, single mother, early morning is my only time to think and write and reflect before I rouse my daughter for preschool. I spend most of my waking hours contributing to our information over-saturation-I publish magazine articles, keep up a website, schedule emails. I felt her exclamation points in my bones. We’ve been learning from one another for thousands of years! Google is an interloper!” Then she added: “There are some things Google is not good for. “I know I should just keep Googling,” I texted a friend, “but do you have any recommendations?” Then ads- for bento boxes and meal-planning newsletters-began following me around. Yet a Google search only served me blog after blog with photos after photos of healthier, cuter, more colorful lunches than I will ever have time to prepare. Someone must have invented something beyond zip-lock bags and Tupperware, I thought. The other day, for instance, I wanted to know more about recyclable options for packing my daughter’s school lunches. But the rate at which we are presented not-always-true news can be overwhelming. Most of us who use the internet know that without doing due diligence, at the very least we risk being misinformed-if not downright lied to. If you, like me, find joy in learning new information, this can be exhausting.

Who led jesus into the wilderness software#

New York magazine reported in 2018 that half of all internet traffic was “bots”-automated software programmed to imitate internet activity. Not only does high internet use correlate with feelings of separation rather than connection (a Cigna survey reports that 7 out of 10 heavy social media users report feelings of loneliness), but much of what we see online may not even be human. Yet studies suggest the quantity of connections does not match the quality. We can access information about just about anything whenever we decide we want to. We are connected to one another more than ever before in Everybody knows everything all the time now. Of course, you didn’t need me to tell you that we live in a time of too much information.

While I was using the internet to look for information, I was presented with information about how I am regularly presented with too much information. I conducted this research on October 19, 2021, which, it turns out, was International Information Overload Awareness Day.