Anyone else hate modern technology?

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I think you just dislike certain people for their over-reliance on technology, rather than technology itself. It is simply much easier to avoid certain things an turn to electronic media for communication. It is not the intention of such technologies that people do that, but it IS something that someone can do.

There's also the issue of addiction. As you say, imagine how people are like if they went without Facebook for a week, and I mean blackout or otherwise involuntary. Will they really last? That depends on their emotional and psychological health. Some people can adapt and just live with it...until power is restored. And there are others that get a bit worrisome and start acting crazy because things like FB are the only ways for them to properly interact.

It's kind of the same thing with speaking a language- some people know a bit of German so if they are magically teleported to Germany and stuck there for a few weeks they can manage. But if you do that to someone that doesn't even know any Germanic languages and don't even like talking, s/h's going to end up crazy. But that's not the German language's fault, is it?

Ergo, it is not really modern technology that is the problem- the problem is that we perceive these things as alternatives to other means of communication- means that we might end up preferring never to use.

But also think of it this way- take away all of your brother's tech gadgets and think whether he really will suffer a mental breakdown. I've gone without showers, computers, internet, you name it for weeks on end and I seem fine...I just go back to it when I return home. That's not to say I forgot about those things though, but books and work can really divert your attention elsewhere.