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Sean's love of all things tech more than makes up for James' inability to leave the 19th century.
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Luddite life is kinda peaceful.
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I don't have a mobile phone.
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I love how old-fashioned James is; it's so rare these days and I swear he lives in another dimension But it's what makes him him and I can't help but respect that
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Well maybe he's keeping Royal Mail in business. I suppose they just pop into Faster studios whenever they like.
I don't have a Facebook page. I have no interest in it at all. I've probably missed out on many social gatherings because of that, but then you really need to have a few friends to have on your Facebook page, so then it wouldn't work for me. I'm with James on that one. Even cantankerous Morrissey has a cellphone, but denies owning one. I wonder if James has a ATM card (cash machine card), or does he prefer lining up at the bank to get his money out? Nicky is of course scared of cash machines.
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I respect James, or anyone else, for their choice to live with least computer technology possible (even though these people often end up depending on someone with equipment and knowledge to do their work done, but that's not neccessarily a bad thing),I myself don't have a Facebook neither Twitter, I considered opening the accounts when I get at the point I'd eventually really need them, but I still haven't - point is, I don't need them.
But all the technophobia thing is just as problematic as excessive computer usage or whatever. Technology itself is not the problem, it's the big companies that hijacked technology for their own profit, and the beaurocratic systems taking advantage over it for complete control, rather than for the good of society. Which is a shame, because with the computer technology we have today, with just a little more knowledge and open source (either open software or "open hardware"), we could as well free ourselves into an autonomous society that has no needs of beaurocracies and governments. Tesla was the proof example of what I'm talking about.
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I confess, my mobile is for my convenience only. I carry it if I'm going to be away from home, or if I'm not sure what time I'll be home. Most of the time it's not even charged. In fact, most of the time I don't even know where it is. About seven years ago I left it in the pocket of a summer jacket and didn't find it again for about two months. I didn't really miss it. I used it more when it had push buttons, I find the touch screen very hard to deal with (I'm dyspraxic) and since my eyesight deteriorated I have to be wearing my glasses to see the screen.
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I got my first smartphone recently also got a new iPod not so long ago, and the biggest thing that irks me is that they don't use buttons. My iPod especially, as even if it's the slightest drizzle outside, you can't use it at all.
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I know! Talk about a design flaw! In Ireland!!!
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Personally I admire those that can see through technology and can function without it. In my opinion, technology has brought many things closer to home for people to learn things. Open sourcing stuff is good to a point, and certain apects of promotion and middle management have been obliterated. On the flipside, you have to know how to manage it as an individual.
The amount of "I left Facebook/Twitter/Internet and didn't lose my soul" articles around might be beginning to show that we've all been staring into the fridge without knowing why we were there to some extent. I think in the next decade people will be less likely to be suckered in by the promise of tech and will use it more sustainably.
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I'm another who has not long ventured into the world of the smart phone. My first I broke pretty quickly but it was so cheap I just got another basic one. FB is as far as I go for socials. I use Twitter to stalk bands as you can set up mobile text alerts when they tweet about stuff you might want to know about quickly, but no friends know who I am on there as I jsut want to keep it for this purpose. Friends are now hassling me about Whatsapp. I'm not even 100% sure what it is but i'm pretty sure a mobile and FB is all that is needed for communication!
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Cloud didn't make us free either. Apple, Google or Microsoft can delete your account anytime they want and all your data goes to hell.
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I don't see anything positive or especially laudable about not having an email address. Email is good, it helps us communicate. Same with mobile phones.
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I certainly didn't make a big deal about leaving a certain social site, I quite enjoyed the abrupt ending actually
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