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HighRoller · 01-08-2009, 11:47 AM

I agree with a lot of the stuff on here, let me add a few more ideas

I am about to turn 32. My friends I graduated with, hardly use technology or facebook, or any of that.

My friends 29, many do, my friends 25-27, do like crazy, those few years, they have 200-400 friends on facebook, and text, blackberry, etc etc.

I go to the self-checkout at the store, the vending machine at the post office, people 40+ and over just take soooooooo long to do anything. Everyone is expected to serve themselves now. I went to kinkos the other day and it was a nightmare their technology paper jams, etc etc.

I agree that you can easily look up anyone you ever knew, or any wikipedia info, but is that a good thing? Leverage of money ruined real estate and the stock market, will leverage of technology do the same? Obviously it won't be the end of America.

Another thing is that people over 35 grew up with 5 really really good friends that they would do anything for, talk to hours and hours on the phone or in person, know their families, kids, etc. They know likes and dislikes, they are there for them when they need them, today everyone has 2000 friends, or should we say acquaintances, and no real time for anyone, will people that are 20 today who grew up on technology find themselves at 50 with 10,000 virtual friends and not know what a deep friendship is, will they fill empty inside. Will they know the birthdays and the kids names, or will they just know they can always access that via facebook or something. Have 12 friends with a birthday the same day? who gets the attention? just mass mail them an e-card.

I mean e-cards are not the same as getting a real card and giving it to someone in person.

Don't get me wrong, I like technology, I just think to some degree it has made things worse, sometimes I don't want to learn one technology because 6-12 months later their will be one far superior.

I think everyone can get overloaded with this information age, and once you have billions of articles, ideas to consider, what will happen is you won't know what is real, what's fake, and how to make the conclusion yourself, you could spend your whole life trying to sort things out as a younger generation.

01-08-2009, 11:47 AM
HighRoller Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: MN Posts: 1,037	I agree with a lot of the stuff on here, let me add a few more ideas I am about to turn 32. My friends I graduated with, hardly use technology or facebook, or any of that. My friends 29, many do, my friends 25-27, do like crazy, those few years, they have 200-400 friends on facebook, and text, blackberry, etc etc. I go to the self-checkout at the store, the vending machine at the post office, people 40+ and over just take soooooooo long to do anything. Everyone is expected to serve themselves now. I went to kinkos the other day and it was a nightmare their technology paper jams, etc etc. I agree that you can easily look up anyone you ever knew, or any wikipedia info, but is that a good thing? Leverage of money ruined real estate and the stock market, will leverage of technology do the same? Obviously it won't be the end of America. Another thing is that people over 35 grew up with 5 really really good friends that they would do anything for, talk to hours and hours on the phone or in person, know their families, kids, etc. They know likes and dislikes, they are there for them when they need them, today everyone has 2000 friends, or should we say acquaintances, and no real time for anyone, will people that are 20 today who grew up on technology find themselves at 50 with 10,000 virtual friends and not know what a deep friendship is, will they fill empty inside. Will they know the birthdays and the kids names, or will they just know they can always access that via facebook or something. Have 12 friends with a birthday the same day? who gets the attention? just mass mail them an e-card. I mean e-cards are not the same as getting a real card and giving it to someone in person. Don't get me wrong, I like technology, I just think to some degree it has made things worse, sometimes I don't want to learn one technology because 6-12 months later their will be one far superior. I think everyone can get overloaded with this information age, and once you have billions of articles, ideas to consider, what will happen is you won't know what is real, what's fake, and how to make the conclusion yourself, you could spend your whole life trying to sort things out as a younger generation.