High Tech vs. Low Tech Living

[Grønlænderen]

I've seen just in my lifetime, computers being downsized from taking up whole office buildings down to laptop size and smaller. It is a great achievement, but what for? It's not for games - that is simply how they are selling the product to get us to pay for tech advancement. As they say, the gaming industry leads (and finances) the tech industry.

Now that I am older, I see what they are doing with tech - everything from biometric tracking systems, to cameras on every street corner. They are even getting under our skin with these DNA engineering shots.

I think someone has to start asking some hard questions... How much is too much? Have we already gone too far? Is life better without Tech? If we decide we have to have Tech, how much and what kinds? Where do we, as a society, draw lines?

[gugnihr]

Interesting question.
I am addicted to videogaming and therefore, as much as it is necessary to play the games I love, to technology as well.
I also love to keep all my favourite multimedia files (photos, videos, music and so on) archived in DVDs and hard drives in multiple copies just to make sure I will never lose them.
But I also think that life in 80s and 90s was better (I was born in 1980).
Whenever I see any kind of tecvhnology that is not useful for the things I care the most I instinctively hate it.
Technology today is mostly used for anti consumer purposes in marketing and for dictatorship purposes in society and politics.
It sucks.
I think it is bad to be against technology, but it depends how it is used.
Many powerful people now use it in the worst ways possible.

[Grønlænderen]

Originally posted by gugnihr:

Interesting question.
I am addicted to videogaming and therefore, as much as it is necessary to play the games I love, to technology as well.
I also love to keep all my favourite multimedia files (photos, videos, music and so on) archived in DVDs and hard drives in multiple copies just to make sure I will never lose them.
But I also think that life in 80s and 90s was better (I was born in 1980).
Whenever I see any kind of tecvhnology that is not useful for the things I care the most I instinctively hate it.
Technology today is mostly used for anti consumer purposes in marketing and for dictatorship purposes in society and politics.
It sucks.
I think it is bad to be against technology, but it depends how it is used.
Many powerful people now use it in the worst ways possible.

Yeah... I am not anti-Tech per se, but I see the rise of technocratic power as an inherently evil thing. I like my video games too...

If the time comes when we do have a high tech dictatorship (worse than it is now) will you have the strength of will to ditch it? Because I will. Don't let it rule your life, friend.

As for decades, I've seen one more than you have. I agree the 1980s were the best. The 90s and the 70s were both good - the 70s would have been a better decade except for all the civil unrest and ofc the Vietnam war etc.

[Netaris]

I think we're already way too far, when I read some books about past events, I can't help but to think : "These peoples were so much more free back then.". They had problems too, obviously, but it was way simpler to have your little secrets staying secrets at these times. Today, it's easier than ever to dig dirt on anybody around you without even leaving your home. Today, everybody or close to everybody have a little spy in their pockets (smartphone) and share their private life with the entire world via internet. We're already way too far for my tastes.

[Grønlænderen]

Originally posted by Freqsync:

High tech? seriously lay off your meds..... there is no such thing as LOW TECH. What works is just the right amount of force.

If you are going to get insulting I'll just block you.

Maybe there is a difference in understanding of terms here though so to make things clear - I mean going down to the level where there is no electric anything beyond maybe lighting in your home and a radio, living in an agrarian situation and certainly no 'smart' tech that can keep tabs on you type of thing.

[Harry Gumdropzap]

i wouldnt say life is better without tech, its just different
people had different problems then, and people will have different problems in the future

[Grønlænderen]

Have it your way, ♥♥♥♥♥♥.

[Yavin Shikanoko]

I find smart [device whi doesn't need to be smart] pretty pointless, for example a fridge

[Grønlænderen]

Originally posted by 🌸 Wraith 🌸:

Originally posted by ?¿? MAGAA ?¿?:

High Tech vs. Low Tech Living

I've seen just in my lifetime, computers being downsized from taking up whole office buildings down to laptop size and smaller. It is a great achievement, but what for? It's not for games - that is simply how they are selling the product to get us to pay for tech advancement. As they say, the gaming industry leads (and finances) the tech industry.

Now that I am older, I see what they are doing with tech - everything from biometric tracking systems, to cameras on every street corner. They are even getting under our skin with these DNA engineering shots.

I think someone has to start asking some hard questions... How much is too much? Have we already gone too far? Is life better without Tech? If we decide we have to have Tech, how much and what kinds? Where do we, as a society, draw lines?

I just want Naaru tech with crystals and mana cables, nothing more.

Jokes aside, I think it's better that computer take less space now. They are more powerful than ever, and laptops are more convenient.

As for tracking, I do whatever I can to protect some of my privacy, because I can't see myself returning to obsolete and weaker devices. I even have a piece of paper on my laptop's camera, just in case. Still wondering whether to buy a smart TV or not. I will have to study their capabilities better and figure out how can I protect my privacy better.

My answer to your question is that I can still tolerate today's tech but I'm close to my limits and there may be things I'd never buy.

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[Grønlænderen]

Originally posted by Yabin Koyōte ( ꈍwꈍ) ඞ:

I find smart [device whi doesn't need to be smart] pretty pointless, for example a fridge

Yeah...

[A&A]

Well, put a ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ device on your lock so l can break it with my phone.

These computers shouldn't be everywhere.

[Professor]

More tech will always equal more surveillance. Whether it be for commercialism or population monitoring, one thing is for certain that the back door is wide open. If you don't mind sharing your life with big brother & big business, then more tech is palatable. Ask yourself if I would agree to giving them access to your bedroom, bathroom & everything else you do inside & outside of your home?

I guess the next question should be, to what extent do we accept social engineering & adaptations that may or may not improve our way of life? What I think this system is asking us to accept is one way only with no questions asked.

[Fajita Jim]

Technology is a tool, not a moral question. The moral issues lay with us, not the tools we use.

CRISPR will redefine medicine. It really is that powerful. Can it be used to engineer Doomsday agents? Sure. But we've been dealing with Doomsday tech for about a century now, and if we're ever going to advance as a civilization we're going to have to find ways to live with such technology.

[Fajita Jim]

Originally posted by Freqsync:

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Technology is a tool, not a moral question. The moral issues lay with us, not the tools we use.

CRISPR will redefine medicine. It really is that powerful. Can it be used to engineer Doomsday agents? Sure. But we've been dealing with Doomsday tech for about a century now, and if we're ever going to advance as a civilization we're going to have to find ways to live with such technology.

uhhhhh.. fallible human make machine rma'd machine fallible human try make human more falliable so not send machine back... me bash machine for chip inside and eat now fallible human come to machine request for help fallible human now trapped under rock.

Star Trek?

[Professor]

Originally posted by Fajita Jim:

Technology is a tool, not a moral question. The moral issues lay with us, not the tools we use. If we're ever going to advance as a civilisation we're going to have to find ways to live with such technology.

Yes a tool it is, but that is the same argument as money or guns, they are only tools that can be used for good or bad by the hand of individuals. I agree with you that the moral issue lies with us as how it is used & that is the actual problem. It raises the question of intention & capability that we are not always privy to, as it currently seems to be hidden in the hands of clandestine operators.

I don't doubt that we must find ways to live with it, if we are to advance, however the issue of how to structure it in a way that is transparent & universally accepted by all in society, may always remain obscured.

[Ghost Robertson]

Kind of reminds me of a bill withers song about how the world keeps going round and around.

You could ditch technology but you would be one of a few doing that, Since everything from banking to movies is all gone digital.

Here in NZ you can't even cash cheques anymore.