Your life without a computer: what does it look like?
If I were to consider life without a computer, I’d have to include my iPhone in any of my thinking. Because, a modern smart phone is a computer, just a highly mobile one. Everything I once did on my computer, I can now do on my phone. It’s crazy. Watch a tv show, do it on my phone. Take photos on holiday, do it on my phone. Write a blog, do it on my phone. Listen to music, do it on my phone. So, mobile has to be included.
As much as I would like to say, not much would change, everything would. My phone has my multiple alarms set on it (every 15 minutes after 5am), so I would need to find an actual alarm clock. I usually have the news playing, either DW or Sky News. Which is being played off my phone, so none of that. On the way to work, I get the bus, and my ticket is stored on my phone, so I’d need to by a physical one off the driver.
I work in customer returns for a big company. So when in work, I process returned orders on a computer. So… I couldn’t do that. Like, couldn’t do my actual job. And that means customer’s wouldn’t get their refund, which isn’t ideal for anyone. My work uses networks, and algorithms to operate the warehouse. The computer system knows where every single item in the warehouse is, and can send someone to pick it should it need shipped to another warehouse or a customer. If there were no computers, nothing would work.
Pretty crazy. Technology actually plays a massive role in my life, i kind of knew that already. But you never think about how massive an impact it has. It’s maybe why it’s so important to try and take time away from technology. Go for a walk, read a book, take part in a hobby of some sort. Put down the phones and computers and do something else, if you can. Obviously, in these high-tech times, it can be impossible to put down devices, especially when your work relies on it. So you manage it
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Is your job one of those that will disappear because of A.I. and robots in the future?
Probably. Where I work is probably one of the more ‘staff heavy’ buildings in the network, they already use robotics in a lot of other buildings. The problem is, that my building is old, they can only automate so much, so the place would just close. You could probably train a monkey to do my job, so I’d imagine AI could do it rather easily. At the moment, everything works together, but, as with every corporate job, it can change in an instant.