TAKE STOCK – WEEK 24

Things sure have changed over the decades as far as the availability of information to help us with our Self-Reliance and Preparedness goals.  This week let’s TAKE STOCK of our dependence (over-dependence?) on technology for this information.

In the not-so-olden days, we spent serious amounts of time and money gathering information from books and classes to determine What was needed to prepare our families for potential emergencies and disasters and then more to learn How to use it.

Today, we just say “Hey Google” and get an answer right away.  Now, rather than scour books and websites, or take a class, we can watch a You Tube video.

Have we become too dependent on technology for this assistance?

Relying solely on Google, You Tube, and the Internet could cause problems. When the electricity goes off or your Internet connection is down, “Hey, Google how do you stop bleeding / stay warm when the heat goes out / cook over a campfire” is met with silence and you are on your own.

Perhaps as we TAKE STOCK of how dependent we have become on getting our self-reliance, preparedness, and food storage information from on-line sources, we will discover the need to create hardcopies of the Knowledge we do not want to be without.

(For those who’ve been with me awhile, yes, this is a re-vamp of a post from 2021 but it’s important so I’m including it in the Take Stock series, too).