The Land Before Smartphones

I kind of miss the days back before I had the universe at my fingertips. Life was simpler then. It was a different life. I kind of remember what it was like, but not very well.

One thing that went out the window is trying to navigate with an actual map. Actually, quite literally in many cases, the map went out the window. We don't have to think about how we will get anywhere or even how long it will take to get there. Instead, we are given all of this information by an annoying, yet somehow still soothing, voice.

One thing I miss is being able to say "I wonder..." instead of "Hang on, let me see..." We used to imagine what the world was like. We used to joke and wonder how many licks it took to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Whereas now we can find that some nut job did pretty thorough scientific research and approximates that it takes 508 licks.

People also used to write notes to themselves on their hands. You could fit reminders for random things and an abbreviated grocery list in a single sweaty palm. Now-a-days I rarely see hands covered in those self drawn ink tattoos.

Now, I don't want it to come across that I wish smartphones had never been invented so we could go back to the way things were. I love the technological advances that have been made in recent years. This whole post was written on a smartphone and is quite possibly being read on one. It was just nice to reminisce of a time when I thought my phone didn't know as much as me.