Do you remember when TV
shows were only in black and white? Did you ever ask your mom to buy you a jar
of Bosco? When was the last time you tied a towel around your neck and thought
you could fly? Anyone who remembers these things lived during a wonderful time!
No one needed a cell phone
to text someone…you just called and spoke to the person. Voice communication
was a boon to public speaking and personal interaction. Hearing someone’s voice
was like being there. Now sending and reading (with abbreviations) text makes
you wonder how a person reacts to the words you type. Much like what I’m doing
here!
People didn’t pull out a
cell phone if they got bored while waiting in line…we just looked around and
people watched. Now the smart phone is a baby sitter. The so-called intelligent
communication device has games, websites, and more to keep us entertained while
standing in line. Note – I have an old fashion flip phone…the best way to
communicate when the landline goes down or when traveling.
I love to watch people
nowadays walking along looking at the screen of their smart phones. These are
people of all ages…kids, teens, middle age, and, yes, seniors like me. Too many
relatively normal people become mesmerized by an instrument they appear to
worship! They hold their little god boxes and appear lost in a world of their
own.
I
have no problem with computers and the like. I started using them back in the
80s. The U.S. Air Force brought in desktop computers to do our work. We started
with something called a Z100 and graduated to various Dell systems. I used
Microsoft software to maintain a multi-million dollar budget. Spreadsheets were
my go to software after a stretch using a product know as dBase. Software of
all kinds, including email, made work and life easier. So, I’m not
anti-progress…just anti-impersonal!
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