People will adapt, especially youngsters who will take it all in stride just like we did hooking up stereo stuff and other things that baffled our parents. But is it better? That I can't answer, all I know is that instead of playing pickup football or basketball or reading on the couch like we did, kids nowadays are doing whatever on their phones. Doesn't seem like an improvement to me, and I'm very happy to have lived when I did without these things. Nobody had an answering machine until I was 40--how in the world did THAT work? You left a note or called back later, that's how. Logically, some important messages went unrecorded, no doubt, but I'd be surprised if a single person in the world ever said, "f**k, this is intolerable!" Its just the way it was, and the world went on. Much less complicated, that's for sure. Better? I have no idea.
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