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Would you go back?

Do you personally wish you lived in a time without SO much techology? Not asking if we as a society are better or worse for it, but do YOU wish that you weren't unofficially required to carry around a cell phone all the time and be constantly connected to the world 24/7 by phones, the internet, etc. Do you wish you could escape and go back to when people somehow managed to live day to day without all of this "efficient" and "convenient" techology?

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Every waking hour I wish I could go back. SoulPancake is one of the few tethers I still have to cut. The cell phone will probably be the last to go. I will someday.

I lived it. Still do - it's very easy to manage; you turn it off.

Without a thought, Yes! Im a big fan of the 1930's-1960's. Love the worth and respect that people had, and bestowed upon others. Love the music, Love the feminie beauty and the manly gentlemen. Now things have become very mixed up. We all know too much for our own good...

Totally, I used to think this as a teenager. I was a slave to the TV and lazy. I felt like laziness was out of my control, I thought of times before technology, I wished I could go live in Amish country so I could learn how to fend for myself and work for my existence... That was followed by wishing I was alive during times of killing, cleaning and eating your own food, that was due to feeling bad for how animals are treated and processed for our food, boy has that now gotten out of hand.... That expanded to wishing I lived in times of self-sufficient farming, where I wish I lived in a farm community because now you can't even eat veggies that are safe with all the GMOs now days....

HELLS YEAH

the nice thing about technology is it has an off button.I lived back there when there wasn't all this "efficient" and "convenient" technology, and quite frankly, it wasn't all that great or "simple". I like the internet: it gives me broader opportunities to see and connect with the world that I might not otherwise have. I seldom answer my cell, even if its turned on, thanks to caller id.

I'm okay with technology. The things we all disagree on are not technology based. They're based more on ethics, morals, politics, and religion which don't' seem to be impacted by technology one way or the other.

people used to always talk about this being the 'age of information' (though that term has become as outdated as the term 'surfing the net'). and i think to a degree, i'm thankful to live in this generation of information and technology. but then... i really think about what that means. when i consider all of this 'connection' and 'networking' and information, i don't feel that i'm any smarter than my historical predecessors. in fact... i often imagine that i'm less 'focused' than i would be had i lived without my cellphone and highspeed internet. sure, i can wikipedia obscure musicians and visit collegiate websites to independantly research everything from superstring-theory to baroque art. but when it all comes down to it... i'm just a scattered collection of facts. when i'm conversing with my co-workers, i'm randomly texting my family; when i'm watching a documentary on early German history, i'm googling the French Revolution. i believe i carry a head full of 'facts' that would impress even the most diverse of 18th century rennaisance-men and i believe i correspond with more people in one day via text and email than my grandparents did in a whole week of letter writing. but on the other hand... i have to believe that the rennaisance-men of yore had a greater grasp of science and language at their age than i do mine and that my grandparents fostered deeper life-long relationships than i. yet somehow... i would still rather live in this age.

You know what I miss?...Handwritten personal letters. People used to actually write letters to friends and family. Modern technology makes life a lot easier, but it would be nice to keep the tradition of letters written with pen on paper, telling someone at length what is going on in one's life. Texting, facebook, etc. just aren't the same. This gets me to thinking...the first step is to write some letters myself.

I would LOVE to visit the past, I LOVE history, but I'd much LOVE to go the the future the most, I love technology, and I LOVE how our civilization is growing so fast, the only problem is how our concumption is effecting the environemnt and animals.

Don't want to visit the past. If I did it would be to 2003 when my late husband had his first cell phone and would call me no matter where I was to say, "I can't find my left shoe." But then, I'd have to relive his death and I never want to do that again. So, no. Been in the past. I don't want to go back there. I like it here.

Yes and no. The compulsion to be over connected is insane. I have a myspace, a facebook, a twitter, 5 email addresses and I don't even like the majority of the people "connecting" with me on these sites. Facebook is made up of people from my past that I barely, if at all, spoke to then. Now I feel the need to obsessively check random and obscure details of the lives of people I have no interest in associating with in real life. Same goes for my cell phone. I feel naked and lost when I don't have it, yet, when I do, I rarely answer anyone's call. But its not as simple as it sounds to just switch it all off (re: @SharonM ). People expect to be able to reach you at a moments notice. Whether its school, or job applications, etc, if you aren't at least semi regularly checking at least email, you're going to miss quite a bit. Im with @hailey_marie .. I don't want to go back to a time of no technology, just back to right before it all exploded. Something about the 90's seems just how it should be. Modern, with throwbacks to the 60's.

You are only constantly connected because you choose to be. You can choose differently, you know. You won't get arrested.

on one hand yes, i would like to go back. living in an earlier time holds so many romantic possibilities- darning socks, sweeping the floor of the log cabin and whistling... but in reality, my spoiled modern self would probably be begging to be back home after a week or so. it seems like all of the people i am closest to have moved to other continents. without technology, i would miss them too much! plus without the internet, there is no soulpancake. i would have to ponder questions like this all alone...

Yes i do i dont have a cell phone and never will and i just got the internet which makes me feel so weird looking at people that once knew me cuz im basicially dead to them and really i plan to stop this website cuz it connects too much with people and still remain alone which is a tease wish to escape? any1 can escape if they wish it just seems people are scared to be alone in todays society i love my solitude and without it i wouldnt have my relationship with God which i believe is the whole meaning to life and i wish i didnt have a tv or videogames cuz they are hard to resist for immediate gratification but my goal is to simply interact with nature by oh a walk or bike ride and just read and meditate because wow personally i think societys nuts but of course thats probably what most of society thinks of me ironic

I would only go back to 1990. I want to live through the 90's at the age i am now and experience the music in Seattle, and everything else that was going on at that time. Im only 15 so i only got to live 5 years in the 90's but i wasn't old enough to apreciate it. I also realize that i wouldn't have facebook, myspace, twitter, and all the other technology we have today, but i want to know what that's like and experience it for myself. I actully would like it. No cell phones, not staying on top of the internet and seeing whats the latest news. The only things that would make me happy were my guitar, Nirvana, books, and of course Seattle!

Not really. I'm not attached to my cell phone or facebook. They are tools which make my life as you said more convenient and efficient, but I do not have an unhealthy attachment to them. It is possible to balance both technology and personality, materialism and spirituality, but it's difficult for a lot of people. Instead of finding a balance, people blame the technology.

No. But that's probably because I don't actually have anybody texting/calling/emailing/facebooking/myspacing/twittering me all the time. I am not constantly connected to the world. I'm mostly withdrawn from it. For someone who lives a normal, busy life and has lots of demands on their time, I can totally understand getting burned out.

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Would you go back?

PaxDawson

Every waking hour I wish I could go back. SoulPancake is one of the few tethers I still have to cut. The cell phone will probably be the last to go. I will someday.

Trixie

I lived it. Still do - it's very easy to manage; you turn it off.

Miks

Without a thought, Yes! Im a big fan of the 1930's-1960's. Love the worth and respect that people had, and bestowed upon others. Love the music, Love the feminie beauty and the manly gentlemen. Now things have become very mixed up. We all know too much for our own good...

octoberthehottie

seedeypete

HELLS YEAH

melb2

PopeSkippyXVI

I'm okay with technology. The things we all disagree on are not technology based. They're based more on ethics, morals, politics, and religion which don't' seem to be impacted by technology one way or the other.

achillesfallen

Alvah

kissjohnnydepp

I would LOVE to visit the past, I LOVE history, but I'd much LOVE to go the the future the most, I love technology, and I LOVE how our civilization is growing so fast, the only problem is how our concumption is effecting the environemnt and animals.

stinkyhenry

Jezebel

SharonM

You are only constantly connected because you choose to be. You can choose differently, you know. You won't get arrested.

omgilykatie8

lifesaCRAZYgame

hailey_marie

Sara

RyanLBailey

Would you go back?

Every waking hour I wish I could go back. SoulPancake is one of the few tethers I still have to cut. The cell phone will probably be the last to go. I will someday.

I lived it. Still do - it's very easy to manage; you turn it off.

Without a thought, Yes! Im a big fan of the 1930's-1960's. Love the worth and respect that people had, and bestowed upon others. Love the music, Love the feminie beauty and the manly gentlemen. Now things have become very mixed up. We all know too much for our own good...

HELLS YEAH

I'm okay with technology. The things we all disagree on are not technology based. They're based more on ethics, morals, politics, and religion which don't' seem to be impacted by technology one way or the other.

I would LOVE to visit the past, I LOVE history, but I'd much LOVE to go the the future the most, I love technology, and I LOVE how our civilization is growing so fast, the only problem is how our concumption is effecting the environemnt and animals.

You are only constantly connected because you choose to be. You can choose differently, you know. You won't get arrested.

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