Originally Posted by
Dave Cutter
The thing is... technology involves doing things differently.... change. People naturally resist change. Did the original Luddites slow the progress of mills (and other factories)? Yes they did. And hungry, naked, children continued to be the norm for decades longer than they needed to. People today complain about "consumerism"... like warm clothing being too labor intensive to use for children's clothing was a good thing?!?!?
The ONLY way we really benefit from the new tech is to embrace it. Then learn to bend and mold the technology (and our own habits).
You're preaching to the choir here. It's not just changing technology either. The routine, where nothing ever changes, is deadening. You can lose years to it. Embracing change (hopefully for the better) and the agents of change such as new technology is the answer to that.