To my amazement, I keep bumping into these people! Who seldom use email, or their computers - and do not consider them important - but, to the contrary, an obstruction to their everyday, normal lives.
They probably watch Television frequently - and take it seriously. But have not realized that the Computer is different - and that it gives them more capabilities. They don't want any more capabilities.
When I was living with Marielos and her son, soon after I came down here - I watched with amazement as she watched Television, and played Solitaire on the Computer, at the same time. The Computer had been given to her son, by his father - who she had removed from their lives. She had her son, and that was all she wanted.
Except for one thing: Real Estate - the All-American passion. She kept moving into better and better houses, in better and better neighborhoods. And ended up in a new house in a new neighborhood - that promptly started to fall down. Without knowing it - she had bought into an illusion, that looked wonderful - but was empty inside.
This was America in the Fifties, a fantastic economy - that would not last long.
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