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Absolute privilege to have lived the time before the internet. In hindsight.. and as say all people as they grow older and look back at the good old days. That
by rapnie 2y ago
Absolute privilege to have lived the time before the internet. In hindsight.. and as say all people as they grow older and look back at the good old days. That too, but time before internet was really something else.
- ghaff 2y agoMy counterpoint is I first worked for a computer company starting in the mid-80s (I had an earlier professional job but not in tech). If I were to be time travelled back to that role today, I'm sure I would be absolutely frustrated by the utter inability to get timely information about just about anything.
- AlotOfReading 2y agoYou'd get used to it again, and no one would have expectations that required timely access to information about everything. Phone books would be a definite regression though. I don't want to physically leaf through five pages of AAAlberts and Aarons to find the plumber.
- ghaff 2y agoSure. But there would still be a huge amount of frustration if you're used to having the information (and being able to quickly get something delivered) at your fingertips. Of course you'd adapt. But I don't think most people would think it was better in any way, shape, or form. I do still use my local yellow pages every now and then because local tradespeople are terrible about advertising on the internet in general and I don't have many neighbors. But word of mouth is better when you can. The general contractor who will hopefully do a big job for me after a fire is a reference from a local electrician who helped get my power turned back on who was a reference from the deputy fire chief.
- eikenberry 2y agoI also grew up before the internet but would hate to go back. I envy my kids, growing up when they did. What do you think was better?
- danielbln 2y agoI'm definitely grateful social media wasn't around in the 90s. It's hard to navigate school as it is. That said, while I'm glad to know what pre-internet felt like, no way would I want to go back to that. Among the things that define my life (partner, travel, education, work, hobbies) almost all have been only been possible because of the Internet.
- chrbutler 2y agoI am nervously waiting to see what social media is the THING for my daughter's generation (she's 8). One of her friends just got an Apple Watch so it feels like everything is about to change for her and them...