Even younger respondents who have never lived in such a world voted in favor of giving it a whirl

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.

  • BreakDecksEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I don’t want to log off. I want everyone else to log off and to give me the small quirky Internet I used to love back.

    Of course, I know this isn’t reasonable, but it’s generally my attitude towards the changes the Internet has undergone since I started using it.

    I miss when the Internet was a novelty, most heavily used by tech enthusiasts, rather than a central part of everyone’s social lives.