Originally Posted by
Fallen Angel
Necessity and wants are not the same thing. Do you NEED email? Do you NEED a smartphone? Do you NEED a gps? If we NEED them, we would literally die without them. Seriously, what will happen when the thing you NEED is dead or breaks? Those who don't need them know how to function and what to do.
I absolutely acknowledge technology's place in our lives. I somehow lived without the Internet, a smartphone, a GPS, email, etc. I wonder how I did that.
I think we've deviated from those who hate electronics, to simple technologies that have been created, even though they took older ideas and expanded them. (Ie basic bar a cloth tourniquets vs Combat Application Tourniquet)