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Anyone else hate modern technology?
04-11-2014, 06:27 AM
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Anyone else hate modern technology?
I constantly have arguments with my 13 year old brother about how I have a strong dislike to modern technology (smart phones, internet, touch screen everything, speech controlled devices, etc).

Now I know I am using the internet to post this. I grew up with it for 17 years. So of course I am going to use its benefits and conform to society in a reasonable and rational way. Rejecting it otherwise may lead to being labeled as an "outcast".

However, my little brother has spent money on MANY electronic devices, Iphone 5 (ALWAYS using it), Laptop, Motorola Tabelet, 2 cameras with "smart capability", Ipod Touch, and a Samsung Galaxy Player, oh, and soon to be a PS4. Many of these devices literally just do the exact same thing as each other and I tell him that and all he tells me is "I don't really care." But I tell him also how he is always on his phone and social media websites, (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, etc) and he says, "That's how this generation is! Get used to it!" And I just shake my head in disappointment.
Please tell me all of today's kids, 12-18 aren't like this? I know most my age or older aren't. I don't own a smart phone and it is not because I can't afford it. I own a home recording studio with thousands of dollars worth of gear. I could easily buy 5 Iphones, and data for 20 years and be fine. It's what I spent my money on and I don't consider it "modern tech" because most of it was conceived 25-50 years ago.

But anyway, I can't believe younger generations are so immersed with technology and the internet that is has honestly taken up their entire life. My brother believes he knows everything because he can search it on his phone. I look around me everywhere I am and I see people always on their phones. Movie theaters, at restaurants, outside at parks, and on DATES! Where you have a real life, living, breathing, human being in front of you that you can possibly create a life to live for! I just don't understand how your phone and internet friends are more important than a real life experience?

Now, trust me when I say I do enjoy the benefits of modern tech. I can contact people very easily, look up info and learn new skills, and most people have developed a MUCH better learning curve with anything, than before. I just don't think it outweighs the fact than humans can no longer have a face-to-face conversation without social media being involved. In 20+ years this generation will be running the country and I believe we have moved backwards rather than forwards, and we won't know how to live without a phone or computer.
(Oh my god, what will we ever do during a extended blackout without Facebook!!) Sorry for the sarcasm but it seems like the mentality of many kids today. To immediately post a significant event online, rather than actually think about it, discuss it in a localized region, or find a solution possibly!

And yes I do have a Facebook, that's it. A little conformity is always acceptable I believe.

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Anyone else hate modern technology? - Mahaha - 04-11-2014 06:27 AM
[] - Kenny - 04-11-2014, 06:39 AM
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[] - 655 - 04-11-2014, 06:50 AM
[] - Matesh - 04-11-2014, 06:53 AM
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