Do you have a plan for tech-no’s?
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“I just don’t need it,” says Brady, 52, a personal chef and party clown.
No, she doesn’t e-mail. And, really, she does not need you to call her and read the latest e-mail joke to her. She knows what she’s missing, and she’s grateful for it every day.
Call Brady a “tech-no,” a member of a dwindling â€â€? some might say occasionally oppressed â€â€? minority who are resisting the worldwide movement to be constantly connected. They’re just saying no to the very technologies that increasingly are captivating most everybody else.
Some tech-no’s shun e-mail. Others don’t use the Web or, like Brady, don’t even have a computer. Many avoid cellphones. In a few rare cases, people say no to just about all of it.
Even tech-loving teens and twentysomethings are starting to think twice. They might use the Internet (93% of American teens ages 12 to 17 do, according to the Pew Internet & American Life Project), but a few are turning away from the same social networking sites with which their peers are obsessed.
READ: No cellphone? No BlackBerry? No e-mail? No way? (It’s true.)
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