"Ex-post Facto Tech Wokeness"

     https://anildash.com/2019/07/23/20-years-of-blogging-what-ive-learned/

     Having grown up with rotary phones, black and white television sets, and cars which didn't come with standard air-conditioning, you might think I was a Luddite if I went on a rant about technology. You would more than likely be wrong.

     I happily came of age before most of the worst by-products we now commonly associate with our over-dependence upon technology: obesity in our young children and suicide in people over the age of 65. Those in the middle are riddled with angst, anxiety, and a feeling of a lack of connectedness to our society at large.

     I am not anti-technology but I am pragmatic and can see for myself how we need to spend more time talking to each other and less time allowing technology  like email, text messaging, and social media to act as surrogates in the management of our lives.

     Take a moment now and turn off your phone, laptop, gaming console, and TV. Go outside and listen to the sounds on your street. Take notice of the weather and the people in the area. This is how people have  lived for thousands of years, without ear buds, smart phones tethered to their wrists, and the feeling of missing out if they weren't connected somehow via the Internet. I bet it feels pretty good, and reminds you just a little that we are all in this thing called "Life" together.