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My grandmother had a stroke and lost sight in her left eye - her right eye had already been losing sight for years. She became extraordinarily depressed after that because she lost the ability to take care of herself, and she lost the ability to do the one thing she really loved, which was reading. Then my aunts and my mom pitched in together to buy her a Kindle DX. So now with the ability to adjust the font size, she is able to read again. Not only is she happier, but her health improved, since she felt happier she has been eating better and exercising more (exercising for her is just walking back and forth very slowly down the hallway with a walker and my aunt by her side, since she's wheelchair bound most of the time).
So I guess my point is that I understand why people fear change, but in fact new technologies can bring us a lot of good. I don't even think it's wrong to fear change, but let's be reasonable about it.
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