OMG, I never thought I would feel like the young, progressive one in the bunch at 72. I love my smartphone! I love Amazon! I would totally trust someone else to pick out my fruit, because if it isn't good then I'll send it back. (Actually I do my grocery shopping in person, but I wouldn't mind having someone else do it. I do draw the line at having someone else come into my house and put it in my refrigerator, though.) I buy almost all my quilting supplies, including fabric, online. I seldom go to any store in person except for Costco, Home Depot, and Walmart, and if what I want is available online I will order it and let someone else deliver it to my door. But I've never been much of a shopper. I find that the multitude of online reviews and youtube videos are far superior to that salesperson who might (or might not) be able to steer me toward the right product, or try to tell me how to use it. If I have a question about just about anything, I can ask google and get an answer. I only write a check when there's no other way to pay. Online banking and credit cards are so much more convenient, and they provide a paper trail without my having to write everything down and balance a checkbook. I pick out my doctors, dentist, and tradesmen online. I read book reviews online, read books on Kindle when possible... I love the way the internet has evolved to provide such rich information and shopping opportunities.
However, I don't like the way social media is taking the place of real world interactions. I choose not to use twitter, facebook, snapchat, etc. Email is more like letter writing, without the long wait for a response, so I do like that. I don't bury my nose in my smartphone when there are real people around that I could talk to instead. I think kids should play less with video games and more with each other. I prefer to use a real computer because I'm too fat-fingered to do all that typing on my smartphone. (Someone needs to solve that problem.) Overall, I do like the progress I'm seeing.