February 16, 2018

tlgspace"Convenience has the ability to make other options unthinkable. Once you have used a washing machine, laundering clothes by hand seems irrational, even if it might be cheaper. After you have experienced streaming television, waiting to see a show at a prescribed hour seems silly, even a little undignified. To resist convenience — not to own a cellphone, not to use Google — has come to require a special kind of dedication that is often taken for eccentricity, if not fanaticism."

www.nytimes.com/2018/02/16/opinion/sunday/tyranny-convenience.html

Opinion | The Tyranny of Convenience (Published 2018)

All the personal tasks in our lives are being made easier. But at what cost?