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for me it helps to know that this pandemic (including all the lockdowns) would be way worse without all of the digital innovations from the last 10-20 years.
by m101010 6y ago
for me it helps to know that this pandemic (including all the lockdowns) would be way worse without all of the digital innovations from the last 10-20 years.
- Loughla 6y agoHonestly, imagine how much worse the world would be (at least in 1st world countries) if we did not have the tech tools available to us. I legitimately do not know what would have happened, but I feel like it would be much more violent and much deeper despair. For all the headaches constant connection has brought, it has also alleviated an unknown number of them as well.
- a_imho 6y agoI'm getting old. Last 20 years maybe, but I can't name a technology advancement that happened in the last 10 years that I would really miss. To me it seems like most technology is now done for the sake of doing it and solutions are looking for problems. Not to mention all the dystopian surveillance we have now. Rose tinted glasses and all that, the start of the millennium was a much happier time period imo.
- alexktz 6y agoHave you used a 10 year old phone lately?
- a_imho 6y agoYes, I use an old feature phone for voice calls. I'm fully aware I'm in a very small minority. Indeed smart devices are the epitome of useless tech. In fact, I would argue they make life worse if one is conscious about their privacy and computing.
- powerapple 6y agoThis is what I imaging would be a perfect set of devices: 1) a smart watch can read notification, messages, listen to music, podcasts, audio books, receive and make phone calls, voice chat, group chats; 2) a eink device to read books, browse internet for news (hackernews for example), emails; 3) game consoles or pc + project + vr for entertainment; 4) a tablet with keyboard for work (with access to servers in cloud) and netflix, youtube. I really don't want to carry a phone with me.. it is big, attention seeking and to be honest, not very useful.
- ollifi 6y agoHow does your age map to this Douglas Adams quote: ”I've come up with a set of rules that describe our reactions to technologies: 1. Anything that is in the world when you’re born is normal and ordinary and is just a natural part of the way the world works. 2. Anything that's invented between when you’re fifteen and thirty-five is new and exciting and revolutionary and you can probably get a career in it. 3. Anything invented after you're thirty-five is against the natural order of things.”
- tarruda 6y agoJust hope this over dependency on technology doesn't come to haunt us later: https://youtu.be/hESunUuFrzk https://youtu.be/hESunUuFrzk