As a writer, I’m supposed to tell you about how fantastic and gee-whiz dazzling all our new gadgets are. As readers, you’re supposed to leave comments saying things like, “I just can’t imagine how we ever got along doing business before I could use a tiny pocket computer to pay my bills, turn my air conditioning on, and check the milk in the fridge!” Nah.
When Captain Kirk congratulates him on his handiwork, Scotty grins and says, 'The more they overthink the plumbing, the easier it is to stop up the drain.' Modern technology is baloney. It’s overly complicated. It depends on too many computer programs and apps; there are too many digital…