Why Do I Suck So Badly At Technology?

On a hunt for answers, I learned we Luddites may be psychologically different from early adopters and programmers.

When I look at my iPhone, I feel like a dog watching a movie. What I see is flat and flickering and usually a snooze. For me, the real world--the physical world, plus ghosts--was complicated enough without a whole new world of deep stuff to worry about. My already-cluttered mind doesn't feel like it has space for whatever was at work in there. I assumed it was powered by avatar sex parts. Without really choosing to be a Luddide, I began to observe (as things like iPhones became more prevalent) that I preferred to know less about their world than more.

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