While some technological advances are nothing short of miraculous, there are plenty of downsides, too … Let’s be fair: technology has improved my life in ways that still surprise and delight me on a daily basis. My phone is also a torch! My TV remembers how far I got in last night’s episode, even if I don’t! The bus stop knows when the bus is coming, and I can watch my pizza’s entire journey from the restaurant to my house! These are, frankly, miracles. But there have been corresponding sacrifices. Over 20 years, I have turned over whole areas of competence, memory, authority and independence to the machines in my life. Along the way, I have become anxious about problems that didn’t used to exist, indecisive over choices I never used to have to make, and angry about things I would once have been wholly unaware of. Continue reading... [https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2024/feb/17/no-focus-no-fights-and-a-bad-back-16-ways-technology-has-ruined-my-life-tim-dowling]