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Now, I am not going to venture down the road of how much better things where then.  How we were not so “connected” and how great it was because life was slower and kinder.  It wasn’t better. It was horribly slow and inefficient.  I love my life now.  I love texting.  I love being able to search in Google and get not just one answer, but ten pages worth of answers.  And what would I do without Wikipedia?

What can I say?  I grew up in the era of typewriters and correction tape.  I didn’t even have an email address until I was a junior in college and even then, I only got it because I needed it for class.  Video games had two buttons:  one said A and the other said B.  And that was all we needed, right?

(And after reviewing that paragraph, I feel the urge to say that I am not ancient.  I don’t walk around with a cane while sporting bifocals as I read my super-large font Reader’s Digest.  I’m just 32 years old.)

 

There was no honor in flipping through dusty encyclopedias trying to find information that is more than likely completely outdated.  Countries disappear from maps before those things are reprinted!  Britannica just can’t keep up! 

And no good discussion about how much better things are now can be had without talking about my iPod.  Not only can I buy just the songs I like, I actually have a chip that I put it in my shoe, and it tracks my workouts while I listen to my favorite music.  Then I download it when I get home to see my progress!  Sounds like a lot of work?  It is…I rarely use it. 

 But that’s not the point…that’s never the point.  The point is that I can. 

 

 

 

 

 

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