What's a computer?

One of the biggest changes to my life since I stepped away from social media is my relationship with computers and tech in general. Honestly, I generally don’t care anymore and overall that has been a good thing. I think. There is much, much more to this than just stepping away from my last bastion of social media (Mastodon). The combination of A.I., hardware pricing, and my focus on my burgeoning landscaping business. When I think more about it, the single biggest catalyst is my work. I’m 4 years into being a partner in a landscape contracting business with my brother. I mentioned a couple posts ago that business has been growing and this year is our busiest year, ever. Why this has impacted my relationship with tech isn’t because I’m so busy, but because it is nearly completely unnecessary to follow anything tech related. Tech is no longer important to my livelihood. I used to follow it closely and actively participate in tech trends because I knew being “tech forward” was a massive…