HI-TECH
- NO SWEAT!
I’m in my 70s.
When
I was at primary school, we were taught how to write with pen and ink. The inkwell,
located in the middle of each desk was topped up with ink every couple of days.
Blackboards and chalk were the go.
Later, in high school, a slide rule was the state-of-the-art calculator
for multiplication and division, although I have to confess I never truly
mastered its use.
When
I started work at the age of 17, computer systems occupied whole floors of commercial
buildings and couldn’t match what a mere laptop can handle with ease these
days.
No
mobile (cell) phones, hand-held electronic calculators, i-pads, e-book readers,
CDs, DVDs, USB sticks, photo-copiers, overhead or slide projectors, and so on
and so on.
Different times - slower times I guess - although I think a lot of time
was wasted doing incredibly mundane, labour-intensive stuff that is now handled
far more quickly and efficiently with electronic devices and sophisticated computer
programs.
Like
many others of the non-electronic generation, I have struggled torturously for
the past 30 years trying first, to learn new tricks, and then subjecting myself
to unbelievable stress trying to keep up with the avalanche of new technology
and its accompanying unfathomable new-speak.
Enough is enough! To hell with it!
I
hereby proclaim my declaration of independence from the world of hi-tech.
No, I’m
not going Amishly overboard and stepping back in time.
I
intend to continue using my PC for writing, communicating, googling, etc.
No, I
won’t hand back my mobile phone, which I’m now very fond of.
However, from now on, I’m determined not to get offended by my
grandchildren’s incredulity, or barely hidden deprecation or even genuine pity
about my lack of knowledge of the latest gismo or computer game. Or my ignorance
as to what the latest buzz word is for some electronic device, process or
ephemeral craze.
The
game is over. No longer am I going to try to keep up with the grandchildren.
Let
them call me a dinosaur. I don’t care.
Already I’m beginning to feel my stress levels diminishing!
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