a life without a computer

I remember the first time I used a computer, it was an IBM with a large, massive floppy disk and a close second, a Radio Shack TRS80.

My life before the early 80’s was sans computer.

If I was to look at what it would be like, moving forward from this day on without a computer, it would be one of two things.

1. Computers no longer exist and have been replaced by an advanced technology.
2. Some other not so obvious reason for living sans computer.

Having the thought of just deciding to not use a computer, well, that is unfathomable for so many reasons. It would be an endless list of “what if”.

So instead I can look back at my own life without a computer. But again, that is comparing apples and oranges. Simply because that little computer chip has changed so many things.

What do I miss most in the computerless world?

Radio.

I grew up with radio and it was an integral part of my life. I could go on with story after story about radio. From hanging with a FM DJ in the 70’s to losing my first really cool radio by leaving it at the beach.

So in a nutshell, I cannot really imagine a life without a computer. And if I was to try, it would have to be my life literally without a computer, but having experienced it, rather than conjecture.

But on the hand, never say never.