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I think there is some merit of wanting to be less forced into being connected all the time but I think a lot of these people that want to go back to a time before cell phones and the Internet are forgetting all the good parts. Like no internet at all means in order to connect with friends or communities around the world you either have to send snail mail or schedule phone calls to take place on land lines. The Internet has brought so many people together in such good ways and throwing that out would be a huge shame. Meanwhile cell phones being gone mean if you're stranded in the middle of nowhere you are now stuck and have no way of calling for help and have to find some way to get to a phone. Also no cell phones means of you are in a dangerous situation you can't notify emergency contacts quickly or again call for help.
I get there are a lot of downsides to the Internet and cell phones but to just ignore all the wonderful and good things this technology has brought is not good. The technology isn't the issue it's the people and if we want to be better we need to start training ourselves and others to be better instead of just taking away good and helpful tools
TLDR: Technology has done a lot of good for the world and taking it away would cause a lot of problems I don't think people like this realize. Better solution is to grow and be better people