Last December, I was blessed with my mom surprise visit from Lithuania. Very interesting visit indeed. Being far away from her
I missed out on how much she left out of the technology were at the beginning
It was a matter of choice between using PC and sticking to the old ways now being
separated actually does you a great deal of problems. It has additional costs, requires extra effort just to perform the
simple life tasks. It gave me an idea.
What is big changes in world around us can affect someone like her. Is there a
possibility for someone whose parents are on this final decisive stage before submerging themselves into this important life skill?
Maybe it will make you act,
or it will help trying to negotiate that initial skills that have to be attained Sooner or later.
TV is Dead long with content. I do not have a cable for over six years now, not because I don't want to entertain myself,
but I do not see point to pay large sums of money to consume content someone else making me watch.
All my Escapism needs are met by YouTube and other streaming services news I watch online anyway.
Instead of having to watch morning show on TV,
I can find niche interests like Ben heck show where I
for entertainment watch electronic engineer built very cool guided and entertainment becomes learneterntainement.
If you like my mum have to pay for a cable you probably spend close to 100 year every month, a
Retail loss is paid by on-site customers.
I believe in helping the local economy
But there isn't limit if I'm being sold the poor product or service with twice at the price
I can get online. Bad Luck. Using online retailers to compare prices and save money is a necessity.
Local businesses have to move their operations to web anyway there are various programs used to bringing local and business online.
Money being offered by EU government as we speak. My mother depends on the local retailers or at best or worst catalogues?
She just bought the shoes for 60 euro which she could buy online for 10, euro.
Pay double for her medications in the pharmacy and the loss the loss incurred by inefficient business models. Lost knowledge.
Everyone now talks about the knowledge economy, but sadly often knowledge is delivered by people who have no clue. Because
way information is distributed is changing knowledge of previous generations becomes less accessible. For example
if
There is a need for
Creative writer or a translator to a rare language and someone with a great experience this additional income, and if that person is not skilled in
using computer, they are not accessible for most cases.
I remember economy lectures, and how greater money exchange is boosting the economy.
But in the same time such large fortune of population is being pushed out of online economy.
I mean, not as consumer
But also as vivid earners and creators. Point number four low-skilled work is decreasing. First
there was a agricultural economy where most wealth was created and therefore jobs created. Then there was industrial revolution and
economy and then the majority of jobs or manual that are shift over to some
having to specialise to maintain investment in machinery.
As Machines were powered by the cold those who minded made money with the new advances in regulations very quickly joined welfare.
For a good while working for a benefit of few western countries and
eventually became cheapest is the best game and China literary become factory of the world. Almost instantly labor force
who spend their lives in a state of false security went on strike as the employers move these.
Making sure few low-skilled manufacturers would dare to set up operation. Now
Most of manufacturing in area I live is done by engineers and not your usual father of two named Bob.
Council officials actually having a bigger headache how to employ low-skilled part of the population, as those are the weakest least educated and or
immigrant with the little possibility to move up the value chain. Point number five working with hands versus working with your head.
I remember when I was growing up in a farm. I had to work hard with my father.
I think it was his way of educating me. Every single time he see me struggle, he repeated. Look at it,
how people work then they have to work with their hands, the choice is yours.
Do you want to work with your hands or you want to work with your head? In the beginning
we all healthy strong, working manual labor is actually more financially rewarding. I take time and
persistence to earn much in professional services.
But the difference is that your knowledge becomes your biggest asset your health factors such as weak joints have
effect on your earning potential, and the more you know the more you can earn and eventually give back to the society.
Where as your health deteriorates
Conclusion this does not mean that this piece should be depressive. I only share my ideas and worry. Also
maybe someone by reading this article will decide to work on including parts of society in need to the digital age.
There is a number of skills that I wish my mother knew, by the way
It's a really difficult to teach a parent. The internet can solve a lot of problems
And it isn't fair that default favour someone we grew up in,
and excludes ones who raised them. Post scriptum as I wrote this article my mother started using lots of for Skype.