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What your elderly relatives understand about technology resistance

My elderly mother refuses to use a smartphone and everyone says she is being stubborn but I think maybe she knows something we have forgotten.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Wisdom traditions may recognize dangers in technological adoption that younger generations dismiss as mere resistance to change.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with African philosophy of technology — Ubuntu and the examined tool?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.