Aw, don’t take it personally. I don’t think there was any negativity, just people sad and concerned at the prospect of something they’ve enjoyed and found useful disappearing? You may well be right
I react the same way when people say books will be a thing if the past. Probably true but it makes me sad to think of it
But here’s a real bit of negativity from me!
I like to take a printed map, often a photocopied page, with me when I visit unfamiliar cities. It’s so I don’t have to get my phone out and risked having it snatched by some ruddy moped mugger
No negativity here Supergirl, and it was a good suggestion, and if it was just concerning our younger generation - because most of them will lose the skills of map reading anyway, because in a virtual world you can stick a pair of those goggles on, and there will be no need to get out of your armchair to enjoy the countryside - And you may still be right because myself and many others who still enjoy maps will either be deceased, or two old and infirm to go swanning around the country. Conservation is not a problem, you have been brainwashed into believing that there won’t be enough trees to manufacture maps and other paper things…Except, maps and other paper things don’t need a fraction of the wood it takes to build a house. So if we run short of timber, it’s because we rely on it so much in building and construction. If we are talking conservation… You must first consider the massive mining operations and the destroying of great swathes of land in our need for lithium and cobalt. If everyone in the country suddenly bought an electric vehicle there would not be sufficient of these rare metals to build the batteries. Not to mention the quantities needed to build the batteries for the national grids idea of building massive power storage units to subsidise and store energy when the sun don’t shine, and the wind don’t blow…So don’t worry about trees and paper…And by the way…most of the paper we use today has been recycled…
That’s brilliant Bretrick, it’s even better when you find a derelict site that has been forgotten.
I seek out and log down trig points for a hobby…(I know it’s off subject… bloody life goes off subject sometimes)
During one of my visits while crashing through the nettles and brambles in a dark overgrown forest I came upon this…
Yup, maps are already obsolete. On a TV show called Ellen, the host wanted to test what teenagers know. This clip is 3 years old. In it, a 17 year old is trying to fold a map and is fumbling. She’s never used a map and probably would have to Google to figure out how one works.
In 10 years, most people who are middle aged won’t even have used one.
Yep, that’s what I said…
It will be interesting to see what happens to the civilised world when the internet goes down.
Headless chickens springs to mind…
Same as when the power grid goes down. The civilized world can’t live in darkness just because it was possible to live with candles at one time. Technology does move on.
It’s like a house of cards butterscotch, the more advanced and complex life becomes, the greater the risk of it all collapsing. Either by a natural occurrence, or human sabotage. Putin perhaps.
And? There are always dangers to . . . anything. Without technology to warn about Putin or other sabotage, people would be even less safe.
The chicken little dance is only effective if there’s an alternative that’s better.
Most people are not willing to live off the grid in the unlikely event that an occurrence that happens once every 500 years will happen again. Even if it did, technology is still a better bet to help pick up the pieces than living in the dark ages.
i wonder if the inventor of the candle got mentioned in the queens birthday honours list…the most worrying thing that will likely be no longer used is common sense you hardly ever hear it mentioned in Prime Ministers questions, just childish tit fot tat…
I tried home delivery once during the pandemic but was not impressed, let’s face it, the girls selecting the stuff have no interest in the quality just quantity.
Having said that when ever I visit either Coles or Woollies there are always several girls with trolleys (not customer type trolleys) collecting for several customers each and the click and collect bays outside the supermarkets seem to be constantly in use.
OMG, this sweet girl was a trooper. Especially to be asked to do this in front of an audience, on TV, and in a hurry. I like that this girl would of even enjoyed receiving the complete set of encyclopedia.
I don’t think there was any negativity, just people sad and concerned at the prospect of something they’ve enjoyed and found useful disappearing? You may well be right
bloody life goes off subject sometimes)
