>> For the few days I've been feeling nostalgic of the old Internet and 2000's tech. <<
I feel that way all the time. Current technology is a very bad fit for me and rapidly growing worse. When things break, it is often impossible to replace them with something that will actually do the job.
>> Was the era perfect? No, every era has its flaws -big or small-. <<
Yeah, but we used to have less people, more birds-amphibians-and-insects, and less global warming. When I was little this area was Zone 5b, then 6a, and now it's on the border of 6b while 7 is blazing up the southern end of the state. Social interpretations are often opinions, but there are a lot of very concrete reasons why the world sucks more now than it used to. And the real killer? This is the least-worse it will ever be on a human timescale. It's just going to keep getting worse.
>> But with that convenience, laziness can happen but the real biggest issue is over-reliance that can develop. Where you feel like you can't do anything without it.<<
I live near Amish territory. While we don't draw the line in the same places, I do use their rule: "Before adopting any new piece of technology, first determine whether it does more harm than good. If so, do not adopt it." So there are a ton of modern things that I either avoid or minimize using, because they're more trouble than they're worth. And if I need a backup tool for when the modern ones don't work -- like oil lamps or hand-powered kitchen equipment -- I can usually find it there.
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Date: 2024-04-16 10:48 pm (UTC)I feel that way all the time. Current technology is a very bad fit for me and rapidly growing worse. When things break, it is often impossible to replace them with something that will actually do the job.
>> Was the era perfect? No, every era has its flaws -big or small-. <<
Yeah, but we used to have less people, more birds-amphibians-and-insects, and less global warming. When I was little this area was Zone 5b, then 6a, and now it's on the border of 6b while 7 is blazing up the southern end of the state. Social interpretations are often opinions, but there are a lot of very concrete reasons why the world sucks more now than it used to. And the real killer? This is the least-worse it will ever be on a human timescale. It's just going to keep getting worse.
>> But with that convenience, laziness can happen but the real biggest issue is over-reliance that can develop. Where you feel like you can't do anything without it.<<
I live near Amish territory. While we don't draw the line in the same places, I do use their rule: "Before adopting any new piece of technology, first determine whether it does more harm than good. If so, do not adopt it." So there are a ton of modern things that I either avoid or minimize using, because they're more trouble than they're worth. And if I need a backup tool for when the modern ones don't work -- like oil lamps or hand-powered kitchen equipment -- I can usually find it there.