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RE: When the Technology Breaks... Take a Technology Break!
Being addicted to technology is exactly what is happening to our young people. Also the old farts too. In our house, we haven't watched Tv in almost two years. We don't listen to regular newscasts on the radio. We don't have smartphones - only stupid phones. We are not connected to facebook, youtube or twitter. We are connected to the internet obviously, but we choose when and where. My sons make their living on the internet, but when family time and vacations come around that means a vacation from the internet too.
I guess that makes my family weird by todays standards. I prefer to think of us as being free of technological ties...
Yeah... I'm one of the old farts; we have three kids who are adult young farts.
The satellite dish blew off the roof during a storm, about 4-5 years ago which was our cue to cancel the service. Sure, we watch movies on Netflix and Amazon, but that's the extent of it. We gave up our flip phones this year because we could no longer get reception in our area... something to do with hills and being too close to Canada-- So far, I have used the "smart" phone to make phone calls. And send a few texts.
When the kids come over from Seattle to hang out, oddly enough we tend to end up sitting on the porch talking or playing board games. Yes, we actually play board games.
Oddly enough, I make most of my living online, and about 1/2 my wife's clients are online and she connects through Skype. But I guess having known a world before the Internet makes a difference.
I think it does make a difference. We can survive without it, but the newer generations can't.
I love board games, but don't have many people to play with. We should have Steemit board games... LOL. That game of Risk would take FOREVER!
I have been discussing this very thing, over the last few day with someone! (I am a lifelong tabletop wargamer, boardgamer.)
I am on the case of how to organize a game/military campaign through steemit.
rules are easy. implementation using the technology, is the issue...
(follow me,if you like, and see what happens)
there is a link to put you in the right direction, of some musings
https://steemit.com/blog/@lucylin/depression-my-story#@lucylin/re-drwom-re-lucylin-re-drwom-re-lucylin-re-drwom-re-lucylin-depression-my-story-20171007t133230686z
yet you speak...and write..
both of which are technology.
They are something you learned and can not be taken away from you. Technology that we spoke of can be...
nope..
that is NOT the criteria.
Language is a technology,
so is math,