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Pareil. J'ai mis le temps à piger ;)

The 'think of the children' crowd(s)?
Not sure they're a minority, though.

The people willing to ruin anything for the so-called protection and/or good of children. Including destroying the one most fundamental requirement to any truly free & democratic society (hint: privacy). And that also are actively destroying the educative system... screwing those same kids even more badly by not allowing them to get some basic/essential education.

I still can't believe college students have a hard time reading books. Let alone do math.

And that's not just a US issue, we have the same shit going on here in the EU, at the very least I see it happening in France. It's frightening and, once again, the first losers here are the kids themselves and then the whole society is losing because less educated young people mean they will have a lesser potential and lesser abilities to face new issues or to innovate, and there we all lose big time. Too bad for a generation that will most certainly have to face a shitload of unprecedented issues.

First, I take a breath. More often than not, I will take more than one.

No matter what I'm doing I will always make some room to breathe. At the very least, I will go out for a long walk every single day of the year. Just walk. No distractions, no social noise, no music, no podcast, no nothing but me, my head, and that tiny thing called 'the world outside' ;)

Even better, when whatever it is I'm doing is stressing me out, I will make it multiple times a day because I don't work well when I'm stressed, so it's not a waste of time. And it also helps me stay in shape so it's even less a waste in that regard.

Last but not least, I learned to work less. It's not how hard you work or how tired you end up being that should matter, it's what you have done and much you like it ;)

Pen and paper is also technology, you know. And so are stone tools (try to make one of those flint knife without hurting yourself, to see)

So, to answer your question I would say it all depends the tech you're considering.

I have no difficulty at all using many various analog/low tech(nologies). But something makes me think you're more interested in getting some info about my relationship with the so-called 'high' tech, all those electronics gizmo, plethora apps and online services, constant tracking and spying, right?

Well, I can proudly say I'm good with it as well. We both get along very well.

How do I know? First, I never talk bad to it, also I have never ever thrown any device out the window, even when it more than deserved it with its relentless bugs, updates and quirks. Second, I use 'high' tech as little as I can, and never things using an algorithm to serve me content (hence me using the Fediverse instead of... everything else). I use 'high' tech so little it doesn't get much opportunity to ruin my mood, either. Most certainly, you will agree this is irrefutable demonstration tech and I are BFF, and how good I'm with with it. Right? ;)

I would set it back to the early to mid-90s, when I first experienced it...

Am I one of those old fart trying to say it was better in the good old times? Yes, and no.

Back then the Internet was limited, it was hacked together and there was no professionally designed website with pretty animations, security was... not much, there was no mobile web and, as a matter of fact, no 'app' at all since smartphones were not yet a thing. There was not even script languages like Javascript or PHP to develop all those shit... amazing dynamic features we're now surrounded with. So, yeah, it was limited. But...

There also was also no social media, no monetizing, no tracking, no corporate mafia-like CEOs trying to took us hostage or to milk us to death, and hands in hands with their politicians friends, trying their worst at transforming our free societies into some fascist dystopia that if they succeed (and it looks like they could) will make look all the XX century monstrosities mere child-play.

There were already evil corporations and assholes politicians back then, sure, but for the most part the Internet was people, not businesses. And it was not populated by those armies of braindead, tantrum-obsessed and hysterical morons we now consider the normal 'user'.

Trolls were already a thing, obviously, but there were not millions of them waiting to be mobilized through social media like a good army of haters ready to go stampede into oblivion anything nice or daring anyone could be willing to do. It was ok to not be nice, to not be liked, and to take risks.

I mean, it was actual people with their qualities and flaws, people that were willing to share content they were interested in and to discuss it. People that were not expecting to make a fucking cent out of every single fart they would make online. Nor to gain any Likes...

So, yeah it was rougher, so much more limited and a lot less cool. It was also a lot less polite. But it was so much more free and less full of shit.

(end of that old fart rant, promise)

All you say is correct but I'm not sure to understand the link with the op question, which was what can poor people can do better than rich ones? Just in case, it's a real question: I think I can read English quiet well but I may have missed something here.

I don't understand why this matters that much

Maybe because some apps will only work on certain phones (say on iOS or Android) and maybe because depending the phone you are using maybe someone could suggested another solution than switch app? ;)

I don't think money, or the lack of, defines anyone's ability to do (or to be) better as a person.

Spend less time online, do less digital activities.

I do more IRL, in-person, activities. Any kind of activity most of us somehow forget we used to do well before Internet and digital was a thing can still be done without the Internet and without a computer of any kind.

In-persons is intimidating but it also helps keep away the armies of online trolls and haters that online thrive to hurt other people. Provided one behaves like a decent human being, it's very rare people IRL will hate on anyone for goofing up or for not agreeing with them. It's ok.

I also do as much as I can the analog way, without anything digital. It helps. Be it to write or sketch, or do stuff with my hands. Heck, even me using a paper agenda instead my phone will regularly trigger surprised/interested questions from people that otherwise would probably never have talked with me to begin with ;)

Now I have automatic backups.

Nodding approvingly ;)

Verre d'eau, suivi d'un café (ou deux).
Thé en journée.

Nice :)

I bought a ready to assemble one myself (so it was just a matter of following the instructions to assemble it). It was not cheap but that was almost 10 years ago and it's still working great. Imho, the second best money I ever spent—quality shoes being the first one.

I would encourage anyone to also spend money on a quality standing mat as it will help the legs, feet and back not getting tired too quickly.