When technology forces adults into a position of vulnerability

[True Believer]

The aggressive push towards cashless transactions, digital wallets and the closing of physical bank branches has turned routine errands into onerous technical tasks. When seniors must hand over passwords, OTPs or their mobile phones to their adult children or grandchildren to pay a utility or credit card bills and transfer funds, a shift occurs. It takes away the financial privacy of our elderly. A person who once managed an entire household budget may feel reduced to a state of perceived second childhood, asking for assistance to spend their own money.

 

[True Believer]

Technology is actually neutral, but its implementation is a choice. When society automates services without creating accessible pathways for all age groups, it erodes the dignity of our elderly for operational efficiency. When seniors rely on adult children and grandchildren for daily survival, it should not be driven by exclusion from new technology. The problem with advanced technology is that it does not lift everybody, but leads to older people becoming "invisible".

 

[True Believer]