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.
Another thing is how some technology is listening in. I had an Alexa a few years ago, I was talking about handbags to buy and then suddenly on my Amazon I was getting loads of adverts for handbags.
That terrifies me! I don't like the idea of something or someone eavesdropping on me. I got rid of the Alexa after that and wouldn't have anything like it again.
Why on earth anyone would have an Alexa is beyond me. I know a lot of people who have them.
She does turn the lights and radio on and off without having to get out of the chair. And she will add things to my shopping list on my mobile phone. She has her uses.
I suppose it is useful if one has mobility or memory problems. I keep a notepad on the kitchen table at all times.