> Somehow I feel that this was almost a golden age for computers. When they were still tools and not means of mass distraction. It seems we always do this. A n

> Somehow I feel that this was almost a golden age for computers. When they were still tools and not means of mass distraction. It seems we always do this. A new tool comes along and immediately evangelists and early adopters are talking about how it will free us of some horrible thing that prevents us from spending time with our families or it will enable us to do something great with ourselves and become better people. Then everyone gets one and it turns out we didn't need a device to do any of that. We're either still working a lot because we have to or we don't spend time with the family because we're horrible, lazy people and the tool gave us one more thing to do instead of this lofty goal of spending time with the family. 'Spending time with the family' is something people say to make them seem like nice, caring people but it turns out we're all looking for reasons to not spend any time with them at all.