YOU CAN RUN, YOU CAN HIDE, BUT TECHNOLOGY WILL STILL FIND YOU

If you want to play the victim of emerging technology, it is up to you to do so, but no one will look your way. No one is going to listen to your whining about how "things have changed!" Feel free to hold on to the old ways of doing things, and see how much you get left behind in this age when technology is emerging daily at the speed of light. If you are confronted with the challenge of changing technology, then face it squarely with determination, and be willing to adapt, in this case, by learning. The type of learning we are talking about here is a continuous one, because those who introduce new technologies owe their living, not only to basic technology, but to the changes they bring about on a daily basis. You cannot use a smartphone for six months (with almost daily updates), before a new one comes on the scene.
Honestly, some of the changes we witness are quite desirable and necessary to keep pace with the competiveness of the present age. Some, to my mind are quite unnecessary.  Let us first discuss  about the required. adaptations. If you were born into something, you require minimal adaptation to it, since you simply grow up using it.  Members of the younger generation cannot figure out what is so hard in operating computerized equipment, since they grew up with "a mouse in their hands". Did I say a mouse? Who uses the mouse these days, when you can just touch the screen to do all you need to do. (Who knows when those things will start being controlled with the mind?)  For folks who have put some decades behind them, it is a matter of learning to adapt to what life has brought theire way. This is where "Nature and Nurture" come in. For some people, it is relatively easier to learn, for others, it is really tough. For me, it is somewhere in-between. I have tried to analyze why this is so, and I have come to the conclusion that, while I could be a good learner, I am hampered by my preconceptions. If I think this is what a command on the computer should be, I operate along that line. Unfortunately, I am the one who must follow the language of the computer, the computer cannot, and will not follow mine.
The pace at which life moves in this computer age is astonishing- and everything moves together with it: bill payment, purchasing an airline ticket, buying everyday articles, corresponding with your mortgage company, and the list goes on and on, have become technology-based.
It is just tedious to keep the old pace in such an environment. If you are a teacher, it is almost insane to cope with your work without heavy dependence on technology. You will need  video clips, PowerPoint slides, electronic illustrations, corresponding with students and keeping your grades are all based on the use of computers. Your reluctance to apply technology to your trade will not diminish the amount of work you are assigned, because your assignments, no matter what you think, are based on the fact that these gadgets are available. A particular pace of work is expected because of it. Age is not excuse- one has to adapt or, simply adapt.