Modern technology, to my three boys, means the advent of the computer. When asked, my youngest boy commented that he would not want to live in a world without cell phones and computers.
In the 1980s, when home computers were in their infancy, a friend bought one to do his school lesson plans on. He spent all afternoon creating 30 minutes of plans. I decided that I would not own a computer unless the computer worked for: I would not work for a computer! I kept my promise.