Can you live without MODERN TECHNOLOGY? Why or why not?

I don't think anyone could really live well without modern technology if they've been exposed to it before...I mean, those people that live in Puritan/Ahmish societies, that are born without much knowledge of the technology outside could probably manage without it...but those of us who were born into a world where technology rules probably couldn't manage very well, at all.

Yes, I can and have lived without modern technology. I know how to gather wood; chop wood; make a fire for warmth or cooking. I know how to sew by hand and make my own patterns. I know how to live off wild plants if I have to. I know how to fish. I know how to grow my own food. I have lived without electricity, without the internet, without television. I had a hand crank/solar radio/luminous flashlight. I've lived without plumbing, using an outhouse. I've lived without an outhouse, in a cabin tent, in the woods.

modern technology has made life so much easier and it also shows how great the human mind is for being able to come up with things that would greatly change our way of living. But you're right, it promotes laziness in people and it reduces the means of social interaction to data exchange from a physical/personal get-together (ex. we prefer to use mobile phones, email, messenger or telephones when communicating with others than going to their house or meeting them; videoconferencing over being physically there at meetings). Yet even if i know that modern technology brings some negative effects, i also know that i wouldn't be able to live without them.

i think that we can live without modern technology, however our lives would change dramatically. the things we do, how long it takes us and the way we do them. children that are brought up without modern technology however should survive admirably. we always did before we had it. the only thing is that a good role model is needed to provide a child with the correct skills, if we were suddenly out of modern technology then we would not know correctly how to do things without prior instruction or practice. khris

this is one of the top questions people ask every day and dont get the proper answers. "can u live without MORDERN TECHNOLOGY???????????" people are trying everywhere to do so but end up in vain. this is because the so called mordern gadgets has become a part of ourself that makes the bonding inseperable.even though there are a few draw backs they cannot be completely eliminated from our life becoz of their versatile applications. this we all accept in our day today life.

TECHNOLOGY has redefined survival. I think technology should be included in the list of basic human needs viz air, water,food, clothing and shelter and the kids to be taught in a similar way. Instead of worrying that we have become very much dependent on technology, it will do a greater good and be more useful if we start taking measures for making the optimum use of technology. Afterall the future is science viz social science, biological science, science of law etc. We need technology in every field which is indispensible.

It is too difficult to imagine our lifes without all the present technologies and gadgets. But we dont need to worry about it much. it is not really bad as all to be dependent on them. We jumans have lived without them and so can agasin live without htem.

I like my home technology. I think war technology is something that the world could do without.

Well the advantages are pretty much our disadvantages. They save us time, which gives us more time to be lazy. The make the job easier, which means we aren't doing as much. They keep your attention, which means your not pondering, low brain exercise. They are affordable, but think how much you could save without them at all. I could do without them really. We turn the TV off and all the lights but one and play board games with the children all the time. It's so nice and quiet. I have a dishwasher, but I mostly wash my dishes by hand, it gives me time to think things over while I do it. It's almost therapeutic. I have a riding lawn mower, but I mostly use the push mow, for the same reason I do dishes by hand. I could just go on and on, but I won't. Modern Technology, as far as everyday appliancse the common man has, isn't something I have to have in my life.

i can't live without my phone. I tried I gave it up for about 2 weeks and it drove me crazy. I didn't realize how it was a big part of my life. Then I broke down and I reached into my pocket by instinct and there was nothing there. I realized I was in the middle of no where with no way to get a hold of anybody. I got another cell that night.

thats not possible buddy. then u cant post a message like this and i cannot respond! can u imagine a world without light? a world without computers?? a world without vehicles?? etc etc.. but it would be great and interesting to live without any modern technology, í would really enjoy it.

i think humans forget living in nature, feeling free,and now we are dependents of technology. I think we cannot resist without electricity, TV, cellphones, computers and other stuffs. we are dependents and limited.

Well, I think it depends on the type of person that you are. In my case, I can live without modern technology. I lived in the Middle East for a while, and we had no electricity and no running water, and things actually seemed better without any type of technology. I think people in the past used to seem more happy and more at peace with life because of the fact that they didn't have technology. Nowadays, we spend most of our time on the television. Or on the phone. Or listening to our ipods. It's all a waste of time, because in the end, when we can't breathe anymore, we're going to wish we spent more time with our loved ones, rather than with our T.V's and ipods and phones.

absolutely not...especially my computer and internet connection. I use them for pretty much everything, bill paying, shopping etc...just way too convenient

Yes, i could live without modern technology because I have lived before without it when I was younger so it is possible. Life might not be quite as interesting without it but we certainly could live without it and might be better off without it as well. We would get out of our houses more and communicate more with our friends and family instead of hiding behind a computer. We would do more cooking instead of using microwaves or going out to eat. You have to have electricity. That is not technology. Phones have been around forever though they are more advanced now than they used to be.

yes i can live with out it.what has technology given to us bad health,hatered,enemies,etc.we use tech for a good reason but we are using it for worse.Mobile phones just use less you dont even have time to spend in peace not even in bath room.It is going to our world a junk in few years.

With the new world and environment surrounding me I think I will not survive even a single day with out the technology.The modern technology has taken so much boom in the world that now it has become a virtual member of our family.Our heart pains if we donot see then for a second.. For example my computer..I donot stay overnight to any relative's house because I am so much addicted with my computer and internet..that I can't live a single day without even touching or seeing it for once.

no i cant and i think nobody can who uses it

well seriously i wouldn't stayed a min without it... blush

No,I can't.