At risk of sounding like “old man yelling at clouds” I feel more and more tech-phobic by the day, sure we have amazing things and quality of life improvements thanks to it but it feels like we are giving up too much of ourselves just for a little perceived convenience. I personally love doing things the “hard way” because for every layer of automation on your life you surrender one of control as well, the hardest part is knowing where to draw the line.

I draw the line with my computer, or dedicated computing devices. This could be quite a debate with phones, doing dozens of insidious things in the background in perpetuity. But my fucking ladder doesn't need JavaScript, nor does my freezer.

Anyway, I admire the Amish. I'm not extremely far off. I hope to actually keep stumbling in that direction. I wouldn't expect others to though.