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All true. But we technophiles are better served by downplaying this aspect of technology's advance. A large fraction of people are utterly freaked out by the i
by ef4 13y ago
All true. But we technophiles are better served by downplaying this aspect of technology's advance.
A large fraction of people are utterly freaked out by the idea that they'll be obligated to adopt new technology just to keep up.
Better to give many chances for people to discover on their own that they really want to use a new technology for positive reasons, rather than out of fear.
- EliRivers 13y agoMany people will discover they don't. I have a mobile phone that is the first mobile phone I ever had (sucker! I never answered the damn thing anyway!); someone gave it to me because they were sick of not being able to phone me any time of the day or night. It's over a decade old and it spends most of the time switched off. If it does happen to ring, I generally ignore it. I live quite happily without carrying a phone or smartphone around with me; I suspect many people will quite happily live without being able to wear their google interface on their face.
- infoman 13y agoyes of course. There are many people without a car, mobile phone or a pension. There are many ways of live that can be enjoyable. But everything come with a certain risk that can be minimized with technology.
- coldtea 13y ago>A large fraction of people are utterly freaked out by the idea that they'll be obligated to adopt new technology just to keep up. To keep up with what? That's for b-level players that are caught on the rat-race. Outside of this, you don't even need a mobile phone...