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There are all sorts of problems with technology but technology "sucking" isn't one of those problems: The problem is people: 1.) Don't remember far back enoug
by holidayacct 6y ago
There are all sorts of problems with technology but technology "sucking" isn't one of those problems:
The problem is people:
1.) Don't remember far back enough to when everything was literally more difficult to do. They don't actually understand how much easier their lives have become due to technology. If you grew up before cellphones became ubiquitous you would understand how much of people's lives were devoted to traveling long distances and haggling with people just to get small things done.
2.) They are young enough that they expect everything to happen instantaneously because they grew up post ubiquitous cell phone. They won't ever be able to understand how easy technology has made our lives because they haven't experienced anything else.
Every time someone writes articles like this they should be forced to live without any technology for a year. It's not perfect but its made life measurably easier for every single person in most countries.
With that said there is a legitimate problem with technology:
People don't know how to use it responsibly, many of them are addicted to their laptops, tvs and cellphones in ways that are frightening.
- jdbernard 6y agoWhile I agree, quite strongly, about your general point regarding the short memory and ungracious expectations of people at large, I also disagree, strongly, with your dismissal of the problem addressed in this article. By and large these problems are all man-made and have known remedies. It is possible to be both grateful for the great advances, conveniences, and benefits of modern software and simultaneously frustrated with the very real, preventable, and fixable problems in most modern software.
- holidayacct 6y agoI dismissed the article because I refuse to click on link-bait titles just to generate ad impressions.
- jdbernard 6y agoUnderstandable, but please don't comment if you cannot add to the discussion (because you haven't actually read the article being discussed). In this case I think you've done yourself a disservice. I've generally found Nikita's blog worth reading, and he doesn't serve ads.