[close]
In 2010 The Atlantic published the following on the relevance of Thoreau in modern times: "In a country where so many gamely adopt the latest new gadget, we need our Thoreaus, not to stop the profusion of technology, but simply to remind us to use them well. There are spaces shot through our massively complex society to find "Simplicity! Simplicity! Simplicity!" by simply deciding to look for it." His On the Duty of Civil Disobedience has become all the more important when confronted with a Congress and Executive branch content with disenfranchising large swathes of our population, we may need reminders
