do you remember when you didn’t know who was calling you before you picked up the phone?
\nhow about \u00a0having to get up to change the channel on the tv?
\nor knowing where you’re going and planning to get there on time because you had no way to contact someone in-transit?
\nwhat about having to use the stove to heat up leftovers?
\nor having to plan to be home at 8pm on thursday night to watch your favourite show because if you didn’t, you would just plain miss it?
\nit seems i’m feeling a little nostalgic for all the things which have changed, just in my (short-ish) lifetime.
\ndon’t get me wrong, i love tech. \u00a0i barely remember how i lived without my microwave, tivo, iphone and digital everything. \u00a0power windows in my car. \u00a0a whole collection of movies and tv shows on dvd to watch anytime i want. \u00a0hundreds of albums worth of music in my pocket wherever i go. \u00a0i don’t think i’d willingly go back to those days, but still… there’s a sense that things were simpler. \u00a0less busy. \u00a0quieter and maybe even a little better.
\nall the distractions have entirely eroded my ability to concentrate. \u00a0reading a book? \u00a0c’mon! \u00a0every few pages i have to put it down to check twitter or email or see why tivo’s recording something. oh, wait! \u00a0that reminds me, i have to google [insert random thing here]! \u00a0i miss uni-tasking. \u00a0i miss not needing the internet in my pocket. \u00a0i miss having extra outlets; not plug-juggling to get juice for whatever new gadget it is i just brought home.
\nthere’s not really any place for me to go with this train of thought except into a shiny mag-lev future. \u00a0unless there’s a giant EMP which fries all the transistors in all our tech, it’ll only get more gadgety and our kids won’t even believe us when we tell them stories about having to write letters on paper with sticks filled with coloured water.
\noh, you darn kids. \u00a0GIT OFF MY LAWN!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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