Published on 12, July, 2020
Smartphones these days seem to be a requirement in order to be a human being.
My work are requiring me to download an app which I can't and won't do. I was asked a few years ago to become part of a work whatsapp group. I was indirectly made to feel I wasn't part of the team bease i couldnt and didnt want to be in it. Last night, instead of looking my name up on a computer for a ticket, a "box office assistant" made the person I was with re-download an app to get an e-ticket with an animated barcode. I know my stubbornness is making me technologically illiterate but I don't care.
We started becoming machines during the industrial revolution. Today we continue to advance toward this. It's part of our evolution as we get further away from who we were.
I like some parts of technology. It's impressive but it can make people lazy, like my brother uses his phone to start his car and let it defrost itself before he gets in. Impressive but lazy. Lol!
But other parts I like is I've got a video doorbell so I don't have to answer the door and be seen. That's not a lazy thing on my part, it's good for my anxiety and that's why I have it. Phones I find annoying and try to use on a not so regular basis lol.
Technology is more and more advanced all the time. For many, myself included we've grown up with this technology. Most embrace the whole lot. I don't. I use what helps me and that's it.
I remember life before the internet, so do have a bit of a bench mark. I can't imagine what it's like not knowing any different.