Nothing seems stable anymore.

the 'new technocrats are pushing us in their directions to make more money and have more control - depends which way ya wanna travel and feel cool about it?
 

Things like technology are indeed changing fast these days. I'm 68 but still try to keep up with pop culture and technology because parts of it will eventually affect my life. It helps that hubs is only 60, thinks he's 25, and is constantly on sites like Reddit.

I worked with a guy that was 70 when he retired, and perhaps because he had been in the music industry he could talk about any current topic. He and his wife had lived in Haight-Ashbury when they were younger. He had traveled the world and was a fountain of knowledge. Everyone loved him, and I admired him. He was also very humble, yet he had helped write some of the early 70's Pointer Sisters songs.
 
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"My first office job when I was just 15.. in a Computer company.. and punch tape operating room... the one and only Computer was as big as the room, and only the men were allowed to operate it...".

Yeah. I started in IT with punch cards, the 'giant' computer and huge disk drives, etc. We sure didn't have any 'males only' rules though. The 'good news' about being in IT so long is having to relearn at least 20% of your job every year due to changing languages, data base structures, etc. I learned Windows before anyone had a PC when the 'green screen' that everyone will recall went away.. So, people with a similar background are accustomed to everything changing, quickly. Having said that, this forum is my extent of .social media. --- no Facebook, SnapChat, etc. Also don't use a cell phone except for emergencies and still have a landline. I use a tablet for overseas travel. I am happy with the 'good tech' and totally reject social media.
 
retiredtraveler said:
"My first office job when I was just 15.. in a Computer company.. and punch tape operating room... the one and only Computer was as big as the room, and only the men were allowed to operate it...".

Yeah. I started in IT with punch cards, the 'giant' computer and huge disk drives, etc. We sure didn't have any 'males only' rules though. The 'good news' about being in IT so long is having to relearn at least 20% of your job every year due to changing languages, data base structures, etc. I learned Windows before anyone had a PC when the 'green screen' that everyone will recall went away.. So, people with a similar background are accustomed to everything changing, quickly. Having said that, this forum is my extent of .social media. --- no Facebook, SnapChat, etc. Also don't use a cell phone except for emergencies and still have a landline. I use a tablet for overseas travel. I am happy with the 'good tech' and totally reject social media.
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isn't this social media??
 
Nathan said:
I take advantage of what technology has to offer. However, I find the changing user ID validation and security practices to be annoying. I do realize the necessity, and that keeping the criminals at bay is a constantly evolving challenge. Just today in logging onto Social Security website I had to provide a selfie photo, and a snapshot of both sides of my drivers license, which then generated a 16 digit key for future log-in. :rolleyes:
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I don't want to have to jump through those hoops. I will avoid them as long as I can.
 
The Amish don’t ask “can we,” they ask “should we.” That question feels a little lost these days. For me, if something strengthens or eases daily life, or adds security and stability, I’m open to it. Otherwise it gets a hard pass, at least until there’s a good reason to reconsider.
 
I don't live on my phone, generally use my laptop. I need to learn the phone better...

I learned this again yesterday. Dad had another loss of concsiousness issue that morning, I heard not just one, but two hard thumps upstairs. Went up there, his arm was trapped in the door, body had fallen between the toilet and cabinet/door... small bathrooms. He was wheezing so I knew he was still alive but I couldn't get a response. My daughter came out while this was going on... I called 911... they ask lots of questions, I thought "just send someone"... they helped get him out, and to the ER. Sent him home soon... when he stumbled, his oxygen tubes came out. Roads were not great from weather, which brings me to my contribution to this topic....

Mom had woken and was wondering endlessly about the weather, I got on my phone, searched for my local weather. So instead of local weather, I got ad after ad shoved at me with different "New APPS"... I gave it up. We got him home and okay, although his face looks awful, looks like he was attacked and beaten by thugs, horrible.

But the NEW APPS thing, a further unnecessary modern twist of a consumer issue I could do without, replacing a useful possibility. I'm so mad about this...
 
The advances in technology don’t concern me as much as my ability to keep up and not get left behind. 😉🤭😂

Focus on the things that add value to your life and tune out the rest of the noise.

The good news is that most of the new technology has been dumbed down to the point where it’s pretty much plug ‘n’ play.

I think for many seniors the technology is not as daunting as the cost of keeping up.
 
debodun said:
Too much - too fast.

There are things that are necessary for human societal development (or we'd still be living in caves squatting by an open fire), but so many advancements seem gratuitous.

Society is a lot more mobile than a few decades ago. People don't put down roots like they used to.

Technology is changing and advancing so rapidly, if you buy a new computer by the time you get it home, it's outdated.

There seems to be a new version of Windows about every 2 years.

Landline phones were replaced by cell, then smart phones.

CRT TVs have been replaced by flat panels.

OTA TV was replaced by cable and even that is getting outdated with streaming and XUMO.

More and more "gadgets" on appliances and in vehicles.

To me it's kinda scary. Your thoughts?
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I use it, but it keeps reminding me of a dream Ken Peters had in the 80s about the end time.
Especially now with these ICE guys and AI and if you go with the train you're locked up. You can't get in or out of the train station if you don't have a card.

"Local police departments were replaced with world military police. They drove very unusual looking vehicles-now known as Hummvees or Hummers. The men that were in them were dressed in all black uniforms with powder blue helmets. Some wore what looked like baseball caps. All of them were powder blue-now I know it to be United Nation's blue.

The new leader and his laws were not resisted. There were no longer any elected officials. The Constitution was not the law of the land. It was shocking how easily our Constitution was replaced with a peaceful "martial law". There was no privacy. Military police were everywhere, tracking and monitoring everyone and everything. I thought, "How did this happen to America so quickly and easily without resistance? Where were the ideas of our founding Fathers?"

We were totally monitored and tracked. As time passed we came to realize that our television sets not only broadcast to us but also transmitted signals back to the military about us. We discovered our television sets were somehow watching us as if they were cameras with microphones!"

I Saw The Tribulation - by Ken Peters

AI-overzicht

Smart TVs and smartphones can monitor users through built-in microphones, cameras, and data-tracking technologies
, often for advertising, voice commands, or app functionality. Phones use microphones for "active listening" and apps may access cameras, while TVs use Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to track viewing habits.
 

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