I'm grumpy and a bit fed up of being told how wonderful technology is. Sorry for the rant, I know technology has it's place but I sometimes want to hibernate. I hate people endlessly telling me how wonderful Alexa is, how i really really need it so I can tell it to turn my lights off rather than press a switch. I hate being told i am depriving my toddler of vital life skills by not letting her play on an ipad. I hate seeing everyone glued to smart phones all the time. I hate that there's a whole subset of videos on youtube dedicated to scaring kids. I hate that cyberbullying is a thing. I hate take news. I hate that thanks to email and blackberries we are constantly within reach of work and never truly switch off. I hate that we compare ourselves to each other through social media. I hate that rather than truly being in the moment we get out our phones to video it, to show people we were there. I hate selfies. I hate that Google knows the innermost workings of my life and can do with it as it pleases. I hate that though I try to stay low tech I'm reliant on some of this technology to function, without at least elements of it, it is becoming increasingly difficult to live and work.
I know all new technology at one point or another has been treated with cynicism. But I'm really starting to feel like it's enough, like we need to somehow protect ourselves from our own ingenuity. AIBU?