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Man Released From Prison After 44 Years Reacts to Today's Technology

posted by janrinok on Friday November 27 2015, @07:32AM   Printer-friendly
from the was-there-no-tv? dept.

ticho writes:

In August 2014, Otis Johnson was released from prison after serving a 44-year sentence for the attempted murder of a police officer. He went to jail when he was 25 years old. By the time he came out, he was 69.

He's confused. Being completely removed from society since 1975, Johnson thinks he's entered a dystopia where everyone has become a secret agent wearing wires. The Steve Jobs era has completely passed him by.

Al Jazeera has an interesting video interview with the guy, talking about how modern world is full of surprises for him.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 27 2015, @09:01PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday November 27 2015, @09:01PM (#268802)

    Even if he didn't miss out on the last 40 years, his age alone would cause some confusion with 'modern tech'. Most of the "older generation" has issues with it, and they lived thru it..

  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Justin Case on Friday November 27 2015, @09:04PM

    by Justin Case (4239) on Friday November 27 2015, @09:04PM (#268803) Journal

    The "issues" I have are that a lot of "modern tech" sucks and does obvious damage. The "issues" are not that I don't understand it.