I’m not anti-tech.
Quite obviously, I’m using a computer, blogging, etc. I surf the web. I take a Buzzfeed quiz every now and again. I use a computer, tablet, and cell phone
everyday, and find them invaluable for work.
However, I also know how to talk to
people, send letters, read a book, and go for long walks. My friends know me well – you likely
won’t get a text message from me that's more complicated than “Let’s meet at 2:30” or “I’m
running late - I'll be there in 15 minutes.” Increasingly, you’re likely to not even get a text message. I'll call you… or send you a letter. If you'd like to get a hold of me, then call me and leave a message if I don't answer. You know… just like we all used to do. The sad challenge of the digital world is that it is
bizarrely easy to get lost in it. Have you or your loved one:
- sat in the same room and texted each other instead of talk?
- dealt with a cashier that says the cash register price must be right, because the computer can't be wrong?
- realized that 5 year olds know how to use an iPad better than you do?
- have an inexplicable demand for immediacy… if its not right now, then its late?
- called a utility company and wasted untold minutes of your life trying to hold a conversation with an automated voice, only to talk to a live person anyway because an automated customer service representative can't actually represent or serve anything?
- begun to think people are incapable of surviving without the internet?
- wondered if we actually learn how to do things anymore, or if we look them up on the internet every time we need to know something?
The purpose of this blog is to engage what is so special about doing things the old fashioned way, while discussing the importance of technology and how to work on improving the negative aspects of technology, which generally revolve around how we make choices on incorporating it into our daily lives. Several years ago, a friend of mine said, "If anyone ever asks who will win: us or the computers… just remember that the computers already have."
Response to Question about a 1 year old using an iPad
Babies are products of nature, not of modern technology. At this age, their brains are still developing, and evolution has prepared them for living interaction and hands-on playthings to further and complete the process. I call it the “organic imperative,” and it isn’t limited to infancy. Allowing electronic devices to encroach upon the fulfillment of these inborn needs is a risky business at best. (I don’t think even watching DVDs is a good idea at this age.) A child’s growing intellect might be deflected or harmed. Almost as bad, if the parents are trying to produce a superkid, they should know that these efforts typically fail (or worse, backfire), even if not until later in life.-Marilyn Vos Savant, in Parade Magazine Nov. 16, 2014
Response to Question about a 1 year old using an iPad
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