Here’s my take on all this:
I really don’t need all the electronic gadgets. Right now I’m on a large desktop computer and soon may no longer use it as I intend to go off grid.
For years I had no telephone, no television, no camera and had very low blood pressure. Sure enough, as soon as my boss insisted I get a telephone, my blood pressure went up. Dang!
I no longer bother with movies so a DVD player is moot.
Did it ever occur to any of you that there may be lots of people like me out there?
No.
I have two terabytes.
I think you’re pulling my leg...
You’ve been on FR for 14 years - no way are just going to walk away now...
A point to note.
The graph shows the RATE OF GROWTH. Absolute numbers are at records; it is just that the rate of growth is slowing. But this is inevitable with the LAW OF LARGE NUMBERS,
IOW, nothing really shocking here.
I’m one, too. The technology trap is waiting to be sprung. Already, some sense to tension in the springs and jaws. We are not alone.
I am going to reduce down to 1 PC and one Cell phone. No intelligent i-phone whatever you call it. I have always gone against the grain, never follow the crowd, and I don’t want to be one of those fools with my face in a tiny 4x3 inch screen all the time. Life is to precious to me to waste staring at a screen outside the home unless I am being paid. I like to have a real life, not a virtual one.