Alone in Berlin, and lost without a mobile | Letters
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While many apps gather 'digital dust', others foster dependent helplessness, writes Martin Willis
John Harris's critique of the internet revolution (Ignore the hype over big tech. Its products are mostly useless, 21 May) does not go far enough. While many apps gather "digital dust", others foster dependent helplessness.
Last week in Berlin, a young Bavarian visitor asked me, a non-German speaking British pensioner, for help in navigating a short journey on the underground. He looked bemused when I produced a map and traced the route he needed to take, to the extent that I offered to guide him as I was travelling in a similar direction.
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