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Well, as a person in a highly technical field, it would certainly be hard for me to give up modern technology, including the internet, smart phones, and all the rest. However, unlike many others on this board, I'm not "vintage." I love technology, I love advancement, I don't see the advance of technology as a threat or affront to my life. I seek it out, embrace it, and use it for my needs. The idea that everybody out in the world are hopelessly mind-numbed proles is frankly an insult to our fellow humans. I do not take such a dim view of my contemporaries. Frankly, I'm amazed at how quickly the world adapts to the advancements of technology.
There has been good and bad associated with most every advancement in technology. I'm sure the first humans decried the development of the pointy stick as an affront to the times, and those loincloths were just people putting on airs.
While I like much about the Golden Era (wherever you define it), I wouldn't want to go back to it to live. Shorter life spans, worse medical technologies, fewer food choices, fewer opportunities in life due to the limits of the technology (mobility, communication), and a raft of other things. I don't like everything about today's times, but I wouldn't no matter where/when I was, I'm sure.
There has been good and bad associated with most every advancement in technology. I'm sure the first humans decried the development of the pointy stick as an affront to the times, and those loincloths were just people putting on airs.
While I like much about the Golden Era (wherever you define it), I wouldn't want to go back to it to live. Shorter life spans, worse medical technologies, fewer food choices, fewer opportunities in life due to the limits of the technology (mobility, communication), and a raft of other things. I don't like everything about today's times, but I wouldn't no matter where/when I was, I'm sure.