Also, while I’m thinking of technology. The reason I wanted to save the old Mac machines, is becasue so much of our life is consumed by consumption. The machines are fine. They work well. They might not be blazing fast, but they are fast enough. The only reason they are outdated is because Apple said they are. Astonishingly, as I was trying to figure out how old the iMac was, I realized that it is 20 years old. It looks nearly exactly the same as the models that are being sold today, and in fact, may be even more sturdy and better made.
This observation comes with a parallel observation. I just don’t care anymore. I’ve stopped buying into the hype. I have an iPhone that works just fine, and frankly, I leave permanently on LTE mode, becasue 5g is problematic and issuey. LTE is fast enough, plus my battery lasts way longer on LTE than on 5g.
Apple also made my Ultra watch obsolete this year. It’s fine. It still holds a charge… which tells me, I don’t really need to upgrade it. I don’t need (or want) AI on my watch. The one I have is good enough.
This weekend, I read about a guy who is a computer scientist, but drives cars that are like 15 years old, because all of the technology (that he programs) in the newer cars, he feels, makes the drivers more distracted and the roads less safe. Point taken… maybe everyone diddling around with the screens in their cars over the past few years is why the accident rate has nearly doubled in five years?
Why do we buy into this hype? Because we’re conditioned to do so. Take a look at this outstanding course, it will make you think differently about technology and its role in our lives:
https://akademie.dw.de/hype-literacy/?ref=DenseDiscovery-399
