Communication is a problem invented by humans—nobody said you needed to leave home. Furthermore, the cost of talking to your mother—global industrial productio

Communication is a problem invented by humans—nobody said you needed to leave home. Furthermore, the cost of talking to your mother—global industrial production lines, addiction to technology, and the loss of social skills—is extremely hard to weigh. I land firmly on the side of luddite—I value sustainability and social intimacy over convenience. However, it is not even clear that the average techie considers the above problems at all, let alone major ones. So—again, you're just assuming that I would consider communication worth what we're doing to our children and our planet. It is emphatically not worth it and does not improve quality of life except for problems you cause in the first place.