Quote Originally Posted by UltraliteAngler View Post
All good questions! To one degree or another the author examines most of these.

Though I'd like to hear some opinions on here as well as more questions related to those you've asked.
I try to keep it simple.

If it will make me or mine safer or healthier, I'll buy it.

If it will save me time or money, I'll consider it (although I will probably wait for the early adopters to push it down the pricing curve first).

If it's primary purpose is to enhance my status, I won't buy it. I can rely on my sparkling wit and breathtaking physical beauty for that.

If it causes an addition to the sum total of things I need to carry on my person, I won't buy it.

Being able to brag about not using a technology is insufficient reason to not use it. I have no romantic illusions about the virtue of our hardy forebears.