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If smart phones disapeared how would you cope?

TheCatWoman

I would cope fine as I don't have one, they're smarter than me for a start, but I know most people do have them and use them all the time.

How would you do your banking and benefits, could you cope with having to talk to an actual person?

What about if the internet got blasted back 15 years and there was no AI, an internet that was smaller but in many ways friendlier and easier to use. If there were only texts and phone calls and no real social media? No streaming either, you either watched something live or recorded it!

I think I'd be happier and find things easier as I've never really got to grips with technology, I found things hard enough 15 years ago, now many things seem impossible.

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  • It would be better for society but people under 45 would probably be tearing their hair out. It hasn’t improved anything as the really powerful tech is reserved for governments and companies. Phones are basically used as a direct line now to sell us more stuff (including phones) and influence us with the media (which is mostly owned by big businesses. We are paying to advertise them and given them free data.They have meshed tech so much into everyday life now it’s just not feasible to live like a hermit anymore. It would take a long time to adjust without as they know all the triggers the human brain needs to see and hear through their screen. It’s a bit like when they discovered the perfect ‘sweet spot’ formula for icecream. The internet is the problem. If phones were disconnected form the internet like in the 1990’s that would work.

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  • It would be better for society but people under 45 would probably be tearing their hair out. It hasn’t improved anything as the really powerful tech is reserved for governments and companies. Phones are basically used as a direct line now to sell us more stuff (including phones) and influence us with the media (which is mostly owned by big businesses. We are paying to advertise them and given them free data.They have meshed tech so much into everyday life now it’s just not feasible to live like a hermit anymore. It would take a long time to adjust without as they know all the triggers the human brain needs to see and hear through their screen. It’s a bit like when they discovered the perfect ‘sweet spot’ formula for icecream. The internet is the problem. If phones were disconnected form the internet like in the 1990’s that would work.

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