Maybe I’m just getting old and not appreciating ‘progress’, but I’m beginning to think that all we are doing is making our lives more complicated, and at the same time more empty.
We have numerous ‘smart’ appliances, can have dinner delivered to our door without having to cook anything, don’t have to go to stores because the stores deliver to us, and we have ‘entertainment at the push of a button’ - or by verbal command. Nonetheless, so many of us have less free time than previous generations, feel less secure, often sleep less, and are anything but carefree and happy. I’d much rather do my own work, hit the pillow exhausted but happy, and not have so much ‘stuff’ that’s supposed to improve my life.
> Maybe I’m just getting old and not appreciating ‘progress’ ….<
You make a fair point. One reason I’m hanging on to my old car is that it’s simple. Simple gauges, simple controls.
The new ones have a computer screen, and all sorts of other fancy gizmos.
I’m not interested in any of that.
great then turn off the water to your house, that one thing alone would keep you busy enough and tired enough to sleep well.
It’s getting cheaper to eat every meal out than buy and cook your own food. I do our family food budget. I spend 15 hours a week shopping, cleaning up and actually cooking. I value that time at $15/hr. So labor alone is $225/wk.
I predict future houses will not have kitchens.
I agree with everything you say except:
“many of us have less free time than previous generations”
Too much free time IS the problem.