to Adam of Gopnik

Last bit of response to Mr. Ravioli...

New Yorkers cannot rewind time. The also cannot keep up with their world and live in technological darkness a the same time. But this is no reason to sacrifice their core humanity and negate themselves by deprivation of emotional interaction and closure of thought.

Preceding all ideas for compromise and change in this area must come an awareness. An awareness of the human need, an awareness of the society and lifestyle that deprives that; an awareness that settling for an incomplete life is settling for no life at all. With this awareness ever present, practical changes can occur. Attempting technological doses in smaller measures, and making time for what is important are a start. Shutting off the cellphone, replacing an email with an actual meeting, and coming to a definite decision at the end of that meeting are all beginnings to a middle path of sanity. But above all, New Yorkers must want that sanity. They must realize that settling for "Mr. Raviolilike" moments, creates a big bubble of nothingess, which they are trying to call life.