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The Morning Rant: Minimalist EditionMy town just subscribed to an app that tracks the various regular services it provides -- garbage pick-up, leaf pick-up, recycling, etc -- and provides a notice via smart phone or email for anyone who downloads it. I like it! But I also have a hard copy of the village schedule...just in case. Because phones die, email services fail, software becomes corrupted or wasn't tested well enough in the first place, and then what? It's not a crisis if the recycling at Chez Dildo backs up for an extra couple of weeks, but if that app was running something important, like...oh...vote tallying for the Iowa Caucus, then the repercussions would be more significant. I am no Luddite. I love technology and all that it has done for us. Imagine a world without it, and aside from no cat videos at our fingertips, we wouldn't have many of the marvels that we take for granted. But there is something to be said for rock solid analog counting of votes, without relying on the latest iPhones and cool apps written by 20-somethings with man-buns, tight jeans and wispy facial hair. And extrapolate that to the general elections. As much as I understand the importance of data mining and tailoring the message down to the neighborhood (all tech driven), there is something to be said for one of your neighbors knocking on your door and asking you to vote! And don't forget boring old paper ballots. Those 20-somethings are aghast at human contact, and much prefer texting to talking. But are they going to vote at the rate we decrepit oldsters will? Does good old fashioned canvasing still have its place? Or is the goal to create a technological curtain over the entire election process, so that older, more conservative voters will be less engaged, and the Saint Greta of The Scold types will predominate? You Are Old, Father William | Recent Comments
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