Ever since the outbreaks of disorder after the tragic murder of three young girls at a Taylor Swift themed dance event in Southport, there has been a lot of debate about the motives of those taking to the streets.
I doubt my 97 year old father who has never had a smart phone or been on the Internet really cares about his lack of "technology" know how. He has managed to escape digital prison and still survives somewhat well for a person at this age. I might follow in his footsteps and be rid of as much technology as I can.
Thank you for another insightful piece. The rise of the digital nomads, or the laptop locusts as I call them, has a lot to answer for. All those office jobs that were once bound to a desk in an actual building can now be done from anywhere in the world providing there's a decent Wifi connection. "Ways of working" that only a few years ago were limited to an elite in academia (who seemed to be permanently on the move between universities and conferences) has almost become the norm after the "work from home" policies were imposed on half the planet's workers. This meant that now even lowly clerks in run-of-the-mill admin can be sitting in front of their screen in some nondescript AirBnB anywhere in the world. Like swarms of locusts that descend on a place, strip bare the crops and consume everything they can, the laptop locusts consume food and lodging but do not interact with whatever local population they impose themselves on. Such people exist purely in the rarefied realms of virtual online communities, and real life communities are simply providers to them of the most basic material needs. The more we encourage these laptop locusts, with our headlong rush to digital everything, the worse it will get.
I doubt my 97 year old father who has never had a smart phone or been on the Internet really cares about his lack of "technology" know how. He has managed to escape digital prison and still survives somewhat well for a person at this age. I might follow in his footsteps and be rid of as much technology as I can.
Thank you for another insightful piece. The rise of the digital nomads, or the laptop locusts as I call them, has a lot to answer for. All those office jobs that were once bound to a desk in an actual building can now be done from anywhere in the world providing there's a decent Wifi connection. "Ways of working" that only a few years ago were limited to an elite in academia (who seemed to be permanently on the move between universities and conferences) has almost become the norm after the "work from home" policies were imposed on half the planet's workers. This meant that now even lowly clerks in run-of-the-mill admin can be sitting in front of their screen in some nondescript AirBnB anywhere in the world. Like swarms of locusts that descend on a place, strip bare the crops and consume everything they can, the laptop locusts consume food and lodging but do not interact with whatever local population they impose themselves on. Such people exist purely in the rarefied realms of virtual online communities, and real life communities are simply providers to them of the most basic material needs. The more we encourage these laptop locusts, with our headlong rush to digital everything, the worse it will get.
I think "saying all this" makes you someone who can step outside of drama triangle dynamics and see what is really going on...