Just yesterday, my husband and I were wondering how we did research before the Internet. With just a few clicks, we had access to all the information we needed, instead of going to the library, finding out that the book we really wanted was on loan or simply not finding what we needed in the first place.
Technological advancements have changed our lives dramatically.
But we don’t always realize just how much, until we are reminded of it. This infographic is a great reminder of many things we used to do, but don’t do anymore because of how technology has changed our lives.
When is the last time you used a public telephone? Written a note to someone by hand? Or used a phone book?
In all honesty, some of these I still do use. I still have a cd collection, I love sending people real post cards, I rarely buy shoes online and I still write love notes to my husband by hand. How about you?
What things have you stopped doing and what are you holding on to despite technology?
[via Edudemic]
Matt Orley says
I still write checks.. 🙂
Rachel Blom says
Maybe we should do a follow up with 50 things we still do but want to stop doing 😉
Eric Dye says
Oh no. “Don’t be that guy.” LOL! 😉
Sue says
Actually, my family still does a LOT of these things, because we choose not to always buy into the latest and greatest technology/ habits. That is true freedom – knowing that you can make the choice, and that choice doesn’t have to be dictated by someone else’s list. For example, we have no cable or satellite and actually live quite happily without it and WITH watching TV shows when they actually air., or movies on VCR cassettes (GASP!) and DVDs.
Similarly, although we do own a clothes dryer, one of the tasks I greatly look forward to every week in good weather is hanging laundry on the line. Nothing like it, a very simple way of reconnecting with nature. And in some sense it is also my way of thumbing my nose at all those people – primarily women – who have told me through the years that clotheslines – and other simple pleasures – are passe.
So, I guess my point is – be very careful what you declare to be The Truth -for most “Truth” as manufactured by human beings is very slippery indeed.
Rachel Blom says
I think that’s a very healthy attitude Sue! (and by the way: I love how clothes smell when they’ve dried in the sun, I’m with you on that one!) You’re right, it does bring freedom when you decide to not be a slave to technology, but only adapt those things that make your life better.