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Actually, now that I think about it... I never actually JOINED the 21st Century. I still drive a no-frills economy car with manual windows and locks that require a key, I use a basic dollar store phone ("disposable") and only for emergencies, I'm still wearing the clothes I wore twenty years ago, I still prefer books to Kindle. So, yeah; retreating from the 21st Century should be a cinch for me! I admit I do have a weakness for the Internet (obviously), but otherwise... Nothing good happening here.
RE: The Internet ...
A 20th Century thing that has somehow survived into the 21st Century. Let's hope it lasts.
Heard it on the news today and it was a lawyer and former prosecutor talking. I have found this person to be right on. And as for which forum I am on, having to endure a Hillary Clinton presidency would be one of the biggest reasons to make me skip to another time so I am not off subject.
I like electronics and modern appliances. I find PC disgusting.
I sure like the way this country girl is thinking!
Imagine it getting completely privatized, the only way to access is paid subscription. Sure, it would still be there in some form, but the magic would be gone.
Another possibility - the whole thing becomes a push system, based on business intelligence / AI / complete invasion of your privacy (e.g. Big Brother knows everything about you, everything you buy, everywhere you go). No more searching for what you want. Big Brother pushes what he wants you to want, into your dumb, way-smarter-than-smart phone - or - IoT implant.
Or even worse, imagine it going the way of Roman infrastructure at the end of Late Antiquity.
...another disease will probably pop up like HIV/AIDS did, which didn't exist in the 70s (or 60s?).
I think AIDS was around long before it became known. In 1974 I was working in the title department of an oil/gas company. It was my job to process estates and distribute the oil/gas revenue to the heirs. I'll never forget reading the death certificate of a young man (early 30s) who had died in San Francisco the previous year. The cause of death was listed as "pneumonia" but the physician had added that the actual cause of death was "probably unknown" and the deceased had "skin lesions, oral sores, fever, sweats and significant weight loss". The physician also added that he knew of "other young men in the area who died of the same mysterious affliction".
That death certificate and the physician's obvious concern has haunted me all these 40+ years.
Why not find something you can do to benefit the world and that allows you to be with others. You might feel better about the human race if you did.
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