| I'd say reading books and spending time with friends and family are the main low tech that shouldn't be replaced by the digital version. The other big thing is taking time off from smartphones. I haven't written more than maybe a page a month on paper in years, I never buy incandescent bulbs, I don't want a film camera or a record player. There's very few appliances I wouldn't chose the smart version of. But nothing is going to replace planting things in the garden, lighting a campfire, or reading a book(Although e readers are just fine now). In general, I'm not a fan of low tech. Man-made items done without silicon tend to be heavy, delicate, and hard to use compared to the digital ones, and things made of modern materials. Things that actively involve living beings very closely, like clothes and food, are sometimes but not always better off low tech. Things that are, or should be be, mostly hands off, like the insulation material in a house, the network stack in a computer, or a power plant, should usually be as high tech as possible. |