Your life without a computer: what does it look like?
Sigh. As I sat here for eight hours interacting via a screen, I pondered the implications. Picture this: A world without computers. It sounds like the stuff of dystopian novels or the premise of a sci-fi thriller. But wait, is it really that far-fetched? As we ponder the notion of a life sans computers, it becomes increasingly evident that such a reality may indeed be a thing of the past.
I’m old enough to remember that once upon a time, computers were these clunky, stationary devices that occupied precious desk space. They hummed, they beeped, and they occasionally froze at the most inconvenient moments. Ah, the good old days! Actually, I must confess that I still have a desktop upstairs.
Nowadays, our lives are seamlessly interwoven with these sleek, pocket-sized devices that we affectionately call “phones.” They’ve essentially become our lifelines, our mini-computers on the go. We write blogs on them, put together presentations, and maintain a constant stream of communication with the world at large. It’s probably too much of a stream.
Think about it—when was the last time you saw someone pen a handwritten letter, pop it into an envelope, affix a stamp, and actually mail it? It’s a rarity in the digital age. Our emails, texts, and social media posts are now the primary means of communication. It’s like we’re all part of a global chatroom, whether we like it or not.
So, here’s the crux of the matter: Can we truly envision a life without computers when our phones have seamlessly filled that void? The answer is a resounding no. It’s like trying to unscramble an egg or fit a square peg into a round hole. The genie is out of the digital bottle, and there’s no turning back.
We’ve become so entwined with our pocket-sized screens that they’ve become extensions of ourselves. They’re not just for communication and work; they’re for entertainment, navigation, shopping, and even dating. They’re our virtual Swiss Army knives, ready to tackle any task. So, there we have it. We’re done. We’re in. We’re on track to be ruled by the screen.
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psychologistmimi 
Mmmmmmm…. Remember seventies letters in envelopes delivered by the mailman?? I do miss that. 🩵 … ps also remember life before screens. Where did we go???
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We went down a weird path
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SMiLes As A Newer Older Newer Adage Goes Screens Kill People Do Not
Oh Dear Lord Humans And All Their Tools Beginning Yes With Arrow Heads
And Spears Then Creating Alphabets and Words When We Used to Communicate
Mostly By The Non-Verbal Language of Dance From Head to Toe And Yes SMiLes
As SMiLes Are A Dance From Ear To Ear That Will Change The Environment of
An Entire Room
Like A Tiny
Yet Huge Flame
In A Very Dark Auditorium of Life For Real
Yet this is Virtual Yet Indeed What is Real
As We Already Know Humans Are Led By
Stories of Culture Most Whether That is Illustrated
Online or in a Communal Tribal Dance Indeed Even
Naked Enough Whole Complete Without All the Clothes
of Culture Just Wearing SMiLes And Stuff Innately From Birth
Dear Miriam With SMiLes of Free Dance And Song in Oral Tradition too
As My Elders Did So Poetically in Flow Without Any Poetry Lessons at All From a
Dammed
Book Hehe
‘Dead Poet’s Society’
Alive for All to Live in
Real Living Rooms of
Human Warmth of Dance
And Song Living Generating
Within For All to Feel and Sense So Warm Again
God Yes Take me to The River Where Life Flows Warm For All
Yet of Course See Technologies and Screens Are A Capitalist’s and Artist’s Dream
So Much Money to Be Made So Much Art To Move Connect And Co-Create Even
Free of Charge
For all around
An Entire World
To the Chagrin of
the Buy and Sell Crowd Hehe
Back Again Naked Enough Whole Complete
What ‘Nova’ Tried to Tell ‘Charlton’ in That Ending
Scene of the ‘Planet of the Apes’ With Her Eyes Dancing
Wild and Free Naked Enough Whole Complete As Charlton
Cursed the Entire Old Human Modern Space Race For Leaving
(Blowing All the CR9P Up)
Him in Paradise
With the Most
Beautiful Woman in the World
With the Most Alive EYes oF All TOld
Back to the Future Past is the Present
Human IMaGiNaTioN Creativity Beyond All Matter of Things Distance
Space and Yes Time THere are No Limits Unless We Don’t Do Next Now…
The Evolution of Tools Create Them Use Them Be Amused By Them Yet Don’t
Let Them Master Us Become Us And Replace Us Altogether As Fallen Obsolete
‘Big Blue’ May
Win at Chess
Yet Big Blue Will
Never Guess What i Do Next
Except
For SMiLes..:)
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It wasn’t a bad world for those in “developed” countries.
I grew up in a world without computers. Or at least computers a person could easily access.
When I went to college my computer account was rigorously managed. The IBM 360/44 only had so much capacity. You weren’t allowed any more computer time than was reasonably required to do your coding homework. There were games on that computer but only people with lots of computer time in their budget got to play them. Professors and grad students.
Prior to college, I had no acquaintance with them except for the punchcards that were used for the bill for my book club membership.
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Oh wow. Interesting experience. Thanks for sharing
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