{"id":13373,"date":"2024-02-17T09:39:51","date_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:39:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/i-write-all-my-poems-with-a-quill-by-candlelight-john-cooper-clarke-on-the-joy-of-life-without-tech\/"},"modified":"2024-02-17T09:39:51","modified_gmt":"2024-02-17T08:39:51","slug":"i-write-all-my-poems-with-a-quill-by-candlelight-john-cooper-clarke-on-the-joy-of-life-without-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/17\/i-write-all-my-poems-with-a-quill-by-candlelight-john-cooper-clarke-on-the-joy-of-life-without-tech\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018I write all my poems with a quill by candlelight\u2019: John Cooper Clarke on the joy of life without tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

The punk poet has no smartphone, no email, not even a computer. Everyone should try it, he says<\/p>\n

Back in the day, I used to feel a degree of sympathy for those who had been \u00adcompelled to become computer \u00adliterate. I would see these guys in the city, \u00adstruggling home with a rucksack loaded with technology, ruining the line of their Hugo Boss suit. It looked like a ball and chain to me. So I stayed away. Whenever anyone mentioned \u00adcomputers, I would say: \u201cWhat do I need a computer for? I\u2019m a poet.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later, when mobile phones came out, I was sitting on public transport next to two girls when I heard one of them say to the other: \u201cMy boss has just bought me a new mobile phone.\u201d I thought, yeah, I bet he has. If he\u2019d put an iron collar around your neck, would you be happy about that, too?<\/p>\n

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\nBack in the day, I used to feel a degree of sympathy for those who had been \u00adcompelled to become computer \u00adliterate. I would see these guys in the city, \u00adstruggling home with a rucksack loaded with technology, ruining the line of their Hugo Boss suit. It looked like a ball and chain to me. So I stayed away. Whenever anyone mentioned \u00adcomputers, I would say: \u201cWhat do I need a computer for? I\u2019m a poet.\u201d
\nLater, when mobile phones came out, I was sitting on public transport next to two girls when I heard one of them say to the other: \u201cMy boss has just bought me a new mobile phone.\u201d I thought, yeah, I bet he has. If he\u2019d put an iron collar around your neck, would you be happy about that, too? Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The punk poet has no smartphone, no email, not even a computer. Everyone should try it, he says Back in the day, I used to feel a degree of sympathy for those who had been \u00adcompelled to become computer \u00adliterate. I would see these guys in the city, \u00adstruggling home with a rucksack loaded with …<\/p>\n

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