One of the harms that my mother experiences from tech is the overwhelmingness of it. She has a hard time making sense of what she is looking for or trying to understand by how confusing tech is. One such example are the displays we are shown in any given app. To most seasoned tech users it might be pretty easy to figure out how to access whatever it is they are trying to do, however, to someone less experienced this can just mean sensory overload and compel them to quit before they even start learning. This preys on human beings’ pride and when it comes to how we view technology, a lot of older people are left behind because they do not have any clear means of figuring out how to use such things and they give up out of embarrassment. I feel that what would make this much easier for people would be to hide certain options less and make certain functions in apps and in phone display design in general larger so it would be more usable for someone who is visually impaired. Use bolder colors for select buttons and maybe give an option to read a description for a selection you don’t

understand.

“The Future of Well-Being in a Tech-Saturated World”