Long before Bluetooth, Angry Birds, and Uber there was another disruptive technology that somehow bypassed Silicon
Valley. In fact it most likely started on a different continent all
together over one million years ago: Controlled Fire! We don’t think about it
much anymore, but imagine for a moment the cultural shift that must have occurred due to
Fire.
We often say, “I can’t
imagine not being connected to the internet” and freak out when we have a 10
second disruption in our connection to the world wide virtual teat that we all
suckle on for our livelihood. Our worst case scenarios have shifted from being
attacked by wildebeests in the wild to Facebook telling us the five words of doom “Can’t Connect, Tap to Retry”.
The
new Apple Watch is very promising and I’m sure Chester Gould (creator of Dick
Tracy) was smiling down on Tim Cook during Apple’s keynote speech a few days
ago. As magical as it is, there is nothing more magical than a good old fashion
open flame, the type that hypnotizes you into a state of primal glory. No
buttons, no push notifications, no reminders, no logins, and no ads following
you around, just Fire. This is why I grill, this is why I hold on so dearly to
the one technology that truly connects us to our past, to our family, to our
friends, to our desire to be human.
What
fires you up about grilling?
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