Hey, it's Micah, we're taking a break this week, so we're running some of our favorite

episodes from this season so far.

We'll be back on October 9th with a new episodes.

My major Jackson, and this is the Slowdown.

Some weekends, you can find me in a popular big-box store that sells electronics.

It's one of my happy places truly.

I am not there to purchase anything.

I come to bear witness to technology's great march.

The result of human imagination and engineering.

With my hands behind my back and a studious gaze, I simply wander up and down the aisles

with other devotees of applied science.

It's as though I'm taking a stroll through the woods.

I find my revelations wherever I can, even here in this national park of gadgets.

Having a new device is like spotting a bird I've never seen before.

I am transfixed by the crystal-clear cymocast of TVs along the back wall, streaming an

ice-gating competition, which makes me consider my own fragility and elegance.

As I walk by, the home security area brushes me like a tree branch.

The sleek array of shiny refrigerators with French doors exudes the epitome of forested

serenity, all potentially controlled by a cell phone.

When I stop and close my eyes, I listen to the rustle of a digital future that is already

here.

I feel like a child again.

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