Sam Smith - One of things I find hard to deal with these days is technological progress. No one warned me of this but my days are now filled with problems such as stuff that doesn't come up right on the screen, sites you can't find, lists that have to be completely redone, as well as attempting to solve a problem and coming up with answers like this:
Or this:
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Journalism used to be a lot easier. I started out in radio news in the 1950s - covering the capital and writing newscasts with the worst technical interruption being an unwanted phone call. Back then, there were even only about a dozen of us reporters in DC who even had battery operated portable recorders. These days I find life much more unpredictable in how my work will be interrupted - often by a minor but time taking technical issue. Yet I still believe that the answer to life's real meaning is not @53@GTR. Having to waste even ten minutes in order to stay up to date makes me feel more like a device than a real human.
And having moved from Washington DC to a small town in Maine some years ago I am reminded on a daily basis what life used to be like. I've come to realize that I now live in two worlds each day - one the traditionally human and the other a self-promoting system that is meant to improve our existence but has created all sorts of new problems.
Fortunately, technology is not all that important on the coast of Maine. In my town, it features a few things like solar charged stop signs that flash little red lights at night. And people here are typically in jobs and activities like boating or farming where you actually have to solve problems and not just come up with a new password.
I haven't found any satisfying way to deal with our new standards, but I sure feel better living in a small Maine town which hasn't bought into the idea that technological efficiency has replaced the need for decent human living.
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