Originally Posted by
Homer Cooper
When I first started biking about. I just used a paper map and wrist watch. Local Townhall had bike path maps. Really more of a budget issue then anything else.
It is rather alarming how much phones have changed the way we interact. When on lunch I'd guess 9/10 are on some kind of device. The older workers tend to use tablet for reading or simple games. rest are on social media/ youtube.
Admittedly I primary read books via the Kindle App, Twitter, news pages while on break.
Go back to the days before the electronic devices. People were sitting at those same tables reading a newspaper, magazine, brochure of book, doing the crossword or some other paper-based puzzle, maybe writing a postcard or letter, or playing with a Rubik's cube... or simply just gazing off into the distance lost in their own thoughts. Now, they use an electronic device for all those things. Humans haven't really changed what they do, just the way they do it. Like bicycling.