the need to zoom out

what we really need in our lives is a super wide-angle zoom lens - one that works not across space but across time. when we get overly absorbed in the details of a moment, we often tend to lose perspective. we think too much about the moment, too little about the relative insignificance of it. while i could very easily make this post a lot more complex (as i try to shut out the noise), let me leave it at this - the convenience of being able to regain temporal perspective with a swift movement of the lens would do us all much good. since there isn't one on the market though, we should really try to build one for ourselves.