What technology would you be better off without, and why? – An interesting question from the daily writing prompt.

I answered the same question last year in a post called Technology and listed several items that we would be better without like Military and weapon tech, games, AI and smartphones.

So, I’ll update that post with my new information and personal bias gained over this year.

Technology has changed life so quickly, mostly for the better for everyone. At the same time, it’s made life where it could be tough to survive if it goes down. Assuming power could be restored but no internet. How would you get information. There are a few ham radio operators still around. Printing presses are almost extinct.

How would you get money, gas and food? Think of the panic you see in people if they misplace their phone or cable goes out.

I know technology was around when I was born in the 50s. But things for the most part were manual and mechanical. I didn’t grow up with an air-conditioned home. I think that is why heat doesn’t bother me today and that I enjoy summer.

There were phones but they didn’t move. How many people still have LAN lines available?

The first mower I used didn’t even have a motor. I was the energy. Could anyone fix a car without technology? Of course, fixing it would be irrelevant because computers control the gas stations. They used to be manual.

I’m thankful I grew up in a time when technology didn’t dominate life. That tech wasn’t so intertwined with so many activities. Would people know how to have fun without technology.

I modified last year’s opinion on tech. Technology isn’t bad despite how we use it, at times. Wonderful things and advances for all have come from it. It’s that we have become so reliant on it to such a deep degree. And at the same time ignore all consequences and march forward at warp speed.

The prepping thing wasn’t one of my callings so I’m just as vulnerable as most, but I do have a few skills, being older. I know how to swing an axe/maul and make a fire.

I ran across my old boy scout cook kit a while back, and quickly thought, I don’t need this but then I said. Keep it for a rainy day. I’m thinking more like that now. Be a little more prepared.

Imagine no tech and having to talk to one another face to face.