We’re losing the physical touch from our lives – and it’s changing us
The Guardian | Technology | Gaby Hinsliff | Friday 27 February 2015
From credit cards to cameras, ‘tap and swipe’ technology is taking us further from the natural world. But we needn’t be Luddite
Here’s a test that may date you, with the same rough accuracy as counting the rings of a tree. Imagine you need to write something down: a shopping list perhaps, or a reminder to do something, or even a phone number.
If you have so much as scrawled on a Post-it today, you’re probably over 35. If you just put all that stuff straight into your phone, you’re probably under 35. If you are already composing a beautifully penned letter of complaint about the implicit ageism in this article, you are almost certainly over 55.Handwriting isn’t dead, exactly.
It’s just that at a press conference the other day, when the usual sheaf of background papers was circulated and I started scribbling notes in the margin, I realised that all the cool kids were just photographing the relevant chunk with their phones. Click, store, move on.
