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[quote=Anonymous]As someone who hasn’t really fully embraced technology, I will say that a lot of it is awesome.  In the 90’s:

- there were no computer navigators.  If you wanted to go somewhere, you had to get directions from someone or you had to look it up on a map.  If we were going long distances, we would go to a travel agent and get a triptik.

- There was no way to communicate with anyone if you weren’t near a phone.  If your mom came to pick up up at the wrong side of the soccer field, she had no idea where you were.  If your car broke down on the side of the road, you couldn’t call anyone.  You had to fix it yourself or wait for a stranger to help you out.

- When people moved away, you more or less never saw or heard from them again.  You didn’t know when they got married or had a baby or anything at all.

- You had to do a ton of stuff in person that you can do online now.  A lot of this stuff was only open during the work day, and you had to work in person during that time.   (There was also no good way to know what documents you had to bring to the DMV when you took 1/2 day off work to go!)

I know this isn’t as serious as some of the other things we are talking about, but technology is good in a lot of ways!  [/quote]

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