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If you met someone who had no idea what a computer is, and they asked you what tasks you do with it. What would you say?
@tendigits I would ask what else they know or rather what other tools they know. A computer might be just some symbolic representation of that.
@murilove that is a thoughtful answer for the scenario I presented. My hidden agenda though is understand what people use computers for - with the technology aspect removed. What kinds of tasks do you do with it?
@tendigits technology is kind of a spectrum right? Would you consider alphabet, numbers, agriculture, calendar, clocks, myths, etc, part of the technology you want to include or exclude when you say "without technology"?
@murilove another valid point! What I'm after is understanding how much of what we currently do with screen/keyboard/mouse UI could be offloaded to a kind of "appliance" that has a totally different human/tactile UI. So I'm trying to boil down what we do on computers. Ideally things like "send poems to a friend in another country" or "keep a tally of how many tomatoes I grow each year" but more general stuff is useful too.
What's less useful, but still truthful is "email" or "browse the web".
@tendigits I feel I am replying with questions and that may sound a bit rude or annoying, just want to clarify I think your questions are so pertinent that I want moaaarrr!!! haha
But answering your question, I learn a lot with computers. As an immigrant and remote worker it mediates a lot of my communication. I design and build things with computers. I express myself using it as a medium and sometimes as a theme.
@murilove not rude at all, I’m appreciative of this discourse. It’s helped clarify some of my thinking too.
Thanks for your response!