Regarding the article: “Can Technology Replace Nature?”

Although I agree that humans are moving increasingly distant from nature, I fundamentally disagree with the author’s approach to the problem. He spends too much time arguing that technological nature (technologies that mediate, simulate, or augment our experience of nature) are not an adequate alternative to actual nature. DUH. There is no such thing as an alternative to nature! I agree that our interaction with nature is declining, but this can be solved with balance. I believe we should continue to use technology in our everyday lives, as long as we can still balance this with nature.