Subj : Re: Too Much Tech - was: How My Grandmother Lost $18,000 (scam) To : shitty From : k9zw Date : Wed Sep 11 2024 07:10:33 On 10 Sep 2024, shitty said the following... sh> Here's the common pattern that I think I'm seeing: People are getting sh> stimulated by crap that they shouldn't be. Here are some examples: sh> ..... sh> Distractions, phones, computers, cars, that stuff, despite how much we sh> enjoy them, they really suck and they interfere with life in a negative sh> way. A friend recently wrote: Imagine if you will In the year 2030, Forest Adams was in a car accident that left him comatose for an entire decade. To everyone's surprise, he awoke in 2040 and proceeded to make an incredible recovery and soon returned to his old life. His hobby had been fishing, and he couldn't wait to get back out on the lake where he lived. He had been told that there had been some changes in the fishing world that he first needed to catch up on. People didn't bait hooks and cast lines anymore. Robots did that sort of mundane work now. A fisherman need only buy an "anglers robot" package, make certain its batteries are charged, then turn it loose on the lake. The fisherman was then free to enjoy the day doing more important things while the robot did his fishing. The robot would catch a fish, weigh and measure it, snap a photo, upload the "catch" photo and stats to Facebook and Instagram before turning the fish loose and continuing the hunt. An online leaderboard kept track of the fish caught, size, type, weight, etc. Top fishermen often boasted more than 100,000 catches on the big board and fancy plaques were awarded to the top fishermen each year! When Forest complained that he enjoyed sitting out on the lake and fishing for himself others laughed and told him, "you've got to get with the times, everything changes, change is the only constant, tech is the future, go with the flow man!" (by Jeff KE9V) --- Steve K9ZW via SPOT BBS --- Mystic BBS v1.12 A48 2022/07/15 (Linux/64) * Origin: SPOT BBS / k9zw (700:100/69) .