I both agree and disagree with this statement, as there are two ways one can take this question.
On one side of the spectrum, you have first-world nations like ours where this statement comes to be true. Here we have almost forgotten the world without our ever-present smartphones and laptops. Now it is common for people to be outraged when places like campsites or national parks lack wi-fi access or convenient electrical hookups to recharge their precious electronic devices. We seem to be forgetting why these places were set up in the first place, so we could get away from the everyday of our lives, including the omnipresence of electronics that are constantly reminding us about status updates, news articles, and everyone and everything we wanted to leave behind when we go away. Even those who give up their electronic devices, who elect to live lives traditionally, weather the reasons be religious or moral are seen by everyone else as "weird" or as "freaks" and when we see them or hear of them, we wonder how they can survive without the constant reminder of the outside world, about everyone else on the planet and all their problems and needs for attention. Actually, I think they survive just fine without all of that.
The other side of this question are those people who do not have access, or never had access to complex electronics or even basic technologies. These people live as they have done for the past hundreds of years, who have never used anything more advanced than an ox cart and a spade to improve their livelihood. These are the people who are certainly not dependent enough on technology.
On one side of the spectrum, you have first-world nations like ours where this statement comes to be true. Here we have almost forgotten the world without our ever-present smartphones and laptops. Now it is common for people to be outraged when places like campsites or national parks lack wi-fi access or convenient electrical hookups to recharge their precious electronic devices. We seem to be forgetting why these places were set up in the first place, so we could get away from the everyday of our lives, including the omnipresence of electronics that are constantly reminding us about status updates, news articles, and everyone and everything we wanted to leave behind when we go away. Even those who give up their electronic devices, who elect to live lives traditionally, weather the reasons be religious or moral are seen by everyone else as "weird" or as "freaks" and when we see them or hear of them, we wonder how they can survive without the constant reminder of the outside world, about everyone else on the planet and all their problems and needs for attention. Actually, I think they survive just fine without all of that.
The other side of this question are those people who do not have access, or never had access to complex electronics or even basic technologies. These people live as they have done for the past hundreds of years, who have never used anything more advanced than an ox cart and a spade to improve their livelihood. These are the people who are certainly not dependent enough on technology.
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