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My maternal grandparents lived well into the age of microwave ovens and cable TV, yet they never owned or subscribed to either. Nothing could convince them they
by rhapsodic 9y ago
My maternal grandparents lived well into the age of microwave ovens and cable TV, yet they never owned or subscribed to either. Nothing could convince them they were missing anything worthwhile. It made no sense at all to me.
Now, I sort of understand. I'm not rabidly anti-technology, but I avoid a lot of the fashionable latest stuff like Facebook, smart watches, fitbits, Twitter, Spotify, etc.
It's hard to explain to friends who ask why. It's basically a matter of mental bandwidth. It's not infinite. Every thing that demands a piece of my attention must take that attention away from something else. And I guess these things are not worth that cost to me. I don't judge people who think otherwise; that's just what works best for me personally.
- pmiller2 9y agoThat's funny. I have neither a microwave, nor cable TV. I'm currently looking for a used microwave, but I have no desire whatsoever to get cable TV. My phone is currently 3 years old, and I don't really have a ton of gadgets beyond said phone and a laptop.
- Ao7bei3s 9y agoIf you want to save mental bandwidth, I really recommend you reconsider not using Spotify. Spotify actually frees me from the "what music do I hear in the background" question, manually rearranging playlists, acquiring music and, worst of all, manually keeping my collection tagged. Before I had Spotify, I wasted evenings tagging everything with Picard... With Spotify, you just give it a starting point, start "song radio" and it'll keep playing and choosing next tracks. You can easily and very comfortably get through the day with only a play/pause hotkey and a next track hotkey. As a bonus, it just carries over between work, phone and home.