I find it interesting, and mildly annoying, this generational divide of opinions about modern technology.
In one had, we have the so called boomers that love what the conviniese of modern tech while hating how it has changed how younger generations interact with each other because of it. It seems that they forget they started the development of said technologies, and were hopeful about what they promised to do.
While the generations who grew up not knowing life without the tech we have now, are getting a hard time from the generation who wanted people like them who were capable of using the tech telling them how wrong they are for using it proficiently.
Personally, being a 90's kid, I grew up in a transition world. I did all what the boomers did, and also what millennials became accustomed to. So, in a way I like the digital way of doing things while in other I prefer the analog way. Which is better? Well, all depends on what you are talking about.
I do see the benefit of taking notes on paper, while some other things are better served by the digital equivalent. I can see why the selection of an analog or a digital method of doing things can come to a personal preference.
I also agree that the business model, on which everything is going to everything is becoming a subscription, is in detriment of society at larger. People should be able to own what they buy outright, even if it is a digital copy. Subscriptions should not be the main business model out there.
People should be able to do what they want with the things they purchase. When someone purchase something, either in digital or physical form, they own said copy.
In many ways, the want of profit is overriding societal good. Yes, it is a good thing when people profit from their work, but not when that profit comes at the expense of others within the society or society itself.
Society has changed in ways 20 years ago no one saw coming. It is time to update the social contract.
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