Seventy-seven percent of middle-age Americans (35-54 years old) say they want to return to a time before society was “plugged in,” meaning a time before there was widespread internet and cell phone usage. As told by a new Harris Poll (via Fast Company), 63% of younger folks (18-34 years old) were also keen on returning to a pre-plugged-in world, despite that being a world they largely never had a chance to occupy.

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    1 year ago

    Yes, take me back. People are horribly addicted to social media and especially their smartphones. It’s resulted in a dramatic increase in mental illness and desocialization.

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        Man I agree with wanting less constant connectivity but I think a lot of people have a rather rose-tinted view of that time period. In most of the world it wasn’t exactly the best of times for people who fell outside of certain societal norms - trans folk were mostly thought of as punchlines to jokes, being gay was a common insult, beating up people for being their genuine selves was still pretty common, and so on.

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        Ah yes, but every time–past, present, and future–is fated to be someone’s good old days. Every change comes with positives and negatives. We tend to remember more positives from the past while focusing on the negatives of the present.