This morning, as I watched a three year old busy with an iPad, I had to wonder just how much of what we now think of as the norm will hold up in say ten years time. I suspect the internet will be an even bigger part of our lives than it is now and those few who are currently are holding out against the push for bill paying, banking and finding out information using the internet - all for our benefit supposedly though I have my doubts about that - will eventually will have to accept that this is the way of the future that we will all have to adjust to.
Monday, June 15, 2015
Memories and the Internet
So, while I've been pulling up carpets and tossing rubbish, I've been taking a trip down memory lane courtesy of Apple radio. I've been listening to the top 100 hits of the seventies, not a decade I usually spend much time listening to - and even those songs I really didn't like much at the time I now find come with memories attached. It's been really enjoyable to let my mind wander back to the times when life was very different. Video Killed the Radio Star was one of these triggers. With video stores almost all gone along with VCRs it was a salutary reminder of how much technology has changed in the last forty years.
This morning, as I watched a three year old busy with an iPad, I had to wonder just how much of what we now think of as the norm will hold up in say ten years time. I suspect the internet will be an even bigger part of our lives than it is now and those few who are currently are holding out against the push for bill paying, banking and finding out information using the internet - all for our benefit supposedly though I have my doubts about that - will eventually will have to accept that this is the way of the future that we will all have to adjust to.
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This morning, as I watched a three year old busy with an iPad, I had to wonder just how much of what we now think of as the norm will hold up in say ten years time. I suspect the internet will be an even bigger part of our lives than it is now and those few who are currently are holding out against the push for bill paying, banking and finding out information using the internet - all for our benefit supposedly though I have my doubts about that - will eventually will have to accept that this is the way of the future that we will all have to adjust to.
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Trouble is, there are still a lot of people, like my husband, who cannot use a computer or any of the other technology. In fact most of the ladies in my exercise class would be the same. I still have paper statements from the bank because if anything happened to me, Matt wouldn't know how to check anything without them. Once our generation has gone I guess it will be as you say, everyone will be used to using technology.
My husband's the same, Jo. He usually managed while he was working but every time anything went wrong he was on to his tech support - me.
Trouble is, Matt retired early and they hadn't started using computers. I was using them at work and already had one at home. He wouldn't learn at home and never had to for work. I don't understand these older women at class who are all alone and could talk to friends and family all over the world but don't. Like you and I and other cyber friends I have in Oz. Cousin in NZ other friends in India etc. etc.
I just find it weird that people, often younger than me, don't want to benefit from the technology. My Dad, who died at 92 a couple of years ago, was using his computer and the internet until the end and for me it's a great way to keep in touch with family and friends all over the world.
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