Flight; connection or disconnection?

“as the plugged-in body moves through real space, the plugged-in mind, in the loop of information in transmission, has no respire”

In terms of this comment the author was referring to the specific notion of air travel and the entire experience associated or this case disassociated with such venture. With the technology in place in today’s day and age such as cell phones, laptops, plasma tvs, blackberrys and i-pods we as human beings feel a sense of abandonment when separated from such dependencies. So when you consider the process of flying essentially all these elements must be de-powered for the duration of the flight. Essentially our connection to civilization as we know it is lost. So in such tragedy what does our ‘plugged-in mind’ resort to? You see this is where the airline steps into the scenario; modern planes are now fully equipped with the majority of these foreign body parts that we are lacking. For instance individual televisions, on flight radios, telephones, wireless internet, and even electrical plug ins for our laptops. The disconnection is now reestablished. Now this is only one element of this 2-fold discussion; the technological and information lifeline.

Secondly I feel this comment not only refers to our disillusionment as we aimlessly travel through an airport. It is only expected that people in such a scenario would be ‘plugged-in’, with a place to be and a time to be there, forcing the notion of ‘moving through real space’. Where as this rapid time travel occurs I am not sure how much observation and appreciation is endured along the way. I think there is one goal in mind and therefore the disconnection with ones immediate surrounding is definitely an inevitable quality of airport circulation. Essentially this carries on to the sky as well because each passenger lacks the true conception to where they are in space and time; the world continues to circulate around, but from the interior cabin one lacks to connect with is. So in a sense one is trying to disconnect, but at the same time trying to reconnect in different technological means. Air travel is an interesting experience and it wasn’t until now that I perceived it in such discretion.