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i really do, i mainly miss:

* people not being able to contact me 24/7

* not knowing what is going on in the world all the time (this i miss the most)

* things being local

* way less crap people used to own




people not being able to contact me 24/7

You can still have that! I have it. Literally cannot remember the last time I answered the phone :)


Yeah, that's at least partially a social problem or how you relate to people and tech, not a tech problem per se. You have to manage your relationships to both people and tech.


The aspect 'zulgan is probably missing is that back then, you didn't have to manage this at all, as it was not a possibility. A problem not existing in the first place beats being good at dealing with it.


That line of thinking implicitly assumes no upside to being capable of connecting at will, 24/7.

I live in a small town with a surprising amount of 24 hour service. I'm not obligated to run off to the store every night at 2am just because I can, but I sure as hell appreciate being able to do so when I need to or want to.

There are upsides to our current ability to connect. Acting like "simply not having that problem is better" amounts to throwing the baby out with the bathwater.


Back then the expectations were different. So if you didn’t want to be reachable at all times, there was less relationship management involved.


I was an adult in the nineties. I was subject to vastly more expectation to keep in touch and be available and call people than I am currently.




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