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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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  • I would be fine for most things. Before I got injured I used to go on a lot of hiking trips including some where there was no service- it was very nice- I felt so free and being cut of from everything was also quite freeing. It also made me feel more independent and more able to do things. However I do think I would struggle without one as I am currently studying abroad in Asia, my friends are spread all over the globe and I rely on things like WhatsApp or messenger to stay in touch with them. I don’t make friends easily and my friends are very important to me so I would struggle if I couldn’t stay in touch easily. I don’t have any friends where I am now. From a practical side, where I am living now it is ridiculous how reliant people are on their smart phones- you can barely even pay without one (cards are often not accepted and everyone uses their phone). When I first arrived it was a huge issue as I didn’t have a local phone number and it was really hard to even buy food… And so many other things seem to require a phone, like getting groceries or claiming for the medical insurance… I don’t like how reliant this makes us on smartphones. 

    I do think that life might be nicer and simpler without a smartphone. In general I feel like life has become so complex with so many options which is in part due to technology- this is not necessarily bad but it does make everything more complicated. I used to dream of becoming a hiking guide and even considered enrolling in a 2 year program to become one before I sadly got injured. I love the simplicity of life when you are out hiking, away from everything. There are fewer choices- life is simple, everything you need is in your pack, you go from A to B each day (you may sometimes have to consider alternative routes and weather) and that’s about it- It makes me feel more alive and so so free. 

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  • I would be fine for most things. Before I got injured I used to go on a lot of hiking trips including some where there was no service- it was very nice- I felt so free and being cut of from everything was also quite freeing. It also made me feel more independent and more able to do things. However I do think I would struggle without one as I am currently studying abroad in Asia, my friends are spread all over the globe and I rely on things like WhatsApp or messenger to stay in touch with them. I don’t make friends easily and my friends are very important to me so I would struggle if I couldn’t stay in touch easily. I don’t have any friends where I am now. From a practical side, where I am living now it is ridiculous how reliant people are on their smart phones- you can barely even pay without one (cards are often not accepted and everyone uses their phone). When I first arrived it was a huge issue as I didn’t have a local phone number and it was really hard to even buy food… And so many other things seem to require a phone, like getting groceries or claiming for the medical insurance… I don’t like how reliant this makes us on smartphones. 

    I do think that life might be nicer and simpler without a smartphone. In general I feel like life has become so complex with so many options which is in part due to technology- this is not necessarily bad but it does make everything more complicated. I used to dream of becoming a hiking guide and even considered enrolling in a 2 year program to become one before I sadly got injured. I love the simplicity of life when you are out hiking, away from everything. There are fewer choices- life is simple, everything you need is in your pack, you go from A to B each day (you may sometimes have to consider alternative routes and weather) and that’s about it- It makes me feel more alive and so so free. 

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