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Old 12-22-15 | 07:11 AM
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Originally Posted by I-Like-To-Bike
..... Put me down as a Luddite who just likes to ride a bike while commuting with no phone, and a wife who is not worried about or interested in my exact location at every moment out of her sight. ..
I am an old man that still always carries change (coins).... because I remember life (and developed a habit) when phone booths were on every corner. But those days are long gone! It isn't that you haven't "kept up" with technology... because the old tech you grew up with is now gone.... you've stepped backwards.

Don't forget the original Luddites arose largely during economic upheaval and widespread unemployment. The Luddites blamed the progress of the [earliest part of the] industrial revolution.... and their protest were violent. But they were completely mistaken. It was the failure to embrace the new technologies that caused the economic problems of the day (back then). And I believe the same is happening NOW.

There are huge benefits from the available technologies. A lot more than just returning to a time when a phone was/are/is again available to you. Our whole economy is information/technology/service based. If enough of us old coots continue to back-out of the progress... our grandkids will continue to wait to enjoy the economic benefits.

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