Reject it. Go analog. Enter the world. You'll be happier and your life will have meaning.
Vast majority of people here owe their wealth to “going digital” and then seem to love telling other people to do the opposite.
Computers are pretty great. The only people who really (think they) want to go back to 1980 are the people who were 16 in 1980.
But I also recognise that the happiest most alive times in each year are when tech goes away and people are the focus. When power is out and we all gather to play board games, when we gather in the countryside and talk until the camp fire burns out.
Inside of tech and out I’d encourage people to focus on their connection with others if they feel something missing in their life
But I was also 16 in the late 90s so you probably have something there.
Whenever a man talks about the ideal time for __________, you can have a very high level of certainty that he was ~16-22 years old during that time period.
It's roughly 8-10% of his life, but it'll be correct about 90% of the time.