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What questions do you have for folks older than you? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 6 days ago by dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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been thinking about all the little moments tucked away in my memories that are a world unknowable to those younger than me, so consider this an opportunity to reminisce over old times, but also to ask those about the times you did not live through.

I guess my question for those older than me is: before computers, how did you learn to do something?

Did access to knowledge change your life, was a constraint lifted when you no longer depended on having found the right books or people to learn tips on how to cook a new dish, or how to fix a plumbing problem, or how to plant a garden?

Was life more simple, did you have fewer problems to solve without technology in your life, or did technology make life easier?

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[–] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 4 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

This were not as big of and issue. Pensions were better. You stll had brokers but investing was more costly and fewer people did it.More use of banks. PE ratios were far lower and dividend payouts higher. It was a lower risk less volatile time. You could still reseach investments either you could go to the libraray, your broker woyld send you photo copies, and stock prices were in the paper. You could phone and mail order mutual funds and information. There were investing magazines. Geopolotics was more stable too but no less scary. Jobs were more stable too and the wealth divide less.

Also do not forget Compuserve had forms and etrade access in early 90s well before the internet explosion.