Skippy B. Coyote

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I mainly collect for the Sega Genesis and original Game Boy, but I also enjoy quite a few other systems more casually.

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Skippy B. Coyote

There was a time a little over a decade ago, before the rise of smartphones and social media, when computers enhanced our lives rather than run them. The internet was a kinder and more thoughtful place back then too, since you had to actually have a reasonable amount of intelligence to figure out how to get online and navigate the web at that point. Before the iPhone, Facebook, and Twitter came along I was blissfully unaware that the world was full of stupid people.
- October 5, 2017
1. BydoEmpire
  
  Tend to agree, although maybe more than a decade ago. Technology seems to arc to a peak of usefulness, but then goes over into becoming a nuisance. It's as if being *too* user friendly makes things too complicated. You come to rely on it, but it becomes more unreliable due to the layers of tech involved in making it easy.
  
  October 5, 2017
2. Skippy B. Coyote
  
  I agree completely. There's a fine line between technology being useful and being invasive, and I think we as a society crossed that line some time ago. When most people rely on a single device carried in their pocket to orchestrate almost every aspect of their day to day life that may not be a good thing. There's definitely such a thing as being "too connected".
  
  October 5, 2017
3. Rick Dangerous
  
  I was just thinking about this. This needs an off topic thread.
  
  October 5, 2017
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