Oddly interesting thread.
Tech is great and wonderful stuff, though I'm finding I'm doing my best to eschew it as much as possible.
I'd dearly love to throw my phone in the river, but they are required (fascinating how something that costs you a grand plus now at the outset, plus $60 a month is "required" - that's nearly two grand just to exist in society) at this point. I disagree with the requirement and could happily live without it but that isn't how it works any longer. They are both a miracle and a curse.
I find myself far more interested in outdoor pursuits and in retirement am looking to be more active than I have been since my 20s. Summer and winter (summer ideally away from the cold, but reality may have something to say about that) both. Activities that do not require tech are of far more interest to me than being glued to a screen, any screen, of any size. Golf, tennis, badminton, skating, skiing, cycling. Don't need a phone for any of those things.
Definitely though as someone old enough to have hooked up a pong console to a black and white tv and nearly electrocuting myself at the time (unplug the tv stupid), gaming has come so far. I expect I'll get more into it in winters and will appreciate the vast improvements (my latest console is an XBOX 360
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Entertainment being so readily available and changing to large screens at home, with quality sound systems is an amazing thing and has it's place. Definitely an improvement over the 32" Panasonic TV I bought in 2000 that weighed close to as much as me.
I do love my Bowers & Wilkins headphones though. The sound is incredible and they are quite comfortable with very long battery life. I might try and shake down a pair that others have mentioned here for much cheaper pricing. I do love me a bargain.
Flashlights are fascinating too. I still have an old 3-D cell Maglite that was the cat's meow back in the day. Definitely a tool and other uses than casting light but it must way four pounds. I have a newer LED Olight that fits in a pocket and is unbelievably brighter.