the very first time I saw a data machine was in 1955 it was in the Royal
was in 1955 it was in the Royal
was in 1955 it was in the Royal Technical High School in Stockholm the
Technical High School in Stockholm the
Technical High School in Stockholm the machine was called desk
machine was called desk
machine was called desk he was huge and he could generate
he was huge and he could generate
he was huge and he could generate patterns nothing else I didn’t think it
patterns nothing else I didn’t think it
patterns nothing else I didn’t think it very interesting I didn’t then know that
very interesting I didn’t then know that
very interesting I didn’t then know that I was to become a real nerd I had my
I was to become a real nerd I had my
I was to become a real nerd I had my first computer in the life in the late
first computer in the life in the late
first computer in the life in the late 90s and a few years after I bought the
90s and a few years after I bought the
90s and a few years after I bought the digital camera and at that time I also
joined the senior net
joined the senior net Sweden senior net is a worldwide
Sweden senior net is a worldwide
Sweden senior net is a worldwide nonprofit organization with the aim to
nonprofit organization with the aim to
nonprofit organization with the aim to teach old people to use computers and
teach old people to use computers and
teach old people to use computers and the teachers are other old people we do
the teachers are other old people we do
the teachers are other old people we do that very often in on Easter Eve in two
that very often in on Easter Eve in two
that very often in on Easter Eve in two hundred 2014 I had a very very bad
hundred 2014 I had a very very bad
hundred 2014 I had a very very bad experience I was visiting on an island
experience I was visiting on an island
experience I was visiting on an island subsea in the archipelago Stockholm we
subsea in the archipelago Stockholm we
subsea in the archipelago Stockholm we were out for a walk
were out for a walk
were out for a walk suddenly I feel very strange
suddenly I feel very strange
suddenly I feel very strange I felt distant and I felt like in
I felt distant and I felt like in
I felt distant and I felt like in nightmare when your feet when you want
nightmare when your feet when you want
nightmare when your feet when you want to run but your feet won’t move I had
to run but your feet won’t move I had
to run but your feet won’t move I had had a stroke
my family acted very fast and by
my family acted very fast and by ambulance helicopter
ambulance helicopter
ambulance helicopter I came to hospital in less than an hour
I came to hospital in less than an hour
I came to hospital in less than an hour and I don’t remember much of that day
and I don’t remember much of that day
and I don’t remember much of that day but in the evening I found myself in a
but in the evening I found myself in a
but in the evening I found myself in a bed in intensive care
bed in intensive care
bed in intensive care it was a strange surrounding but I saw
it was a strange surrounding but I saw
it was a strange surrounding but I saw my things on my bedside table and among
my things on my bedside table and among
my things on my bedside table and among them my Chromebook so I asked the nurse
them my Chromebook so I asked the nurse
them my Chromebook so I asked the nurse for password and I logged into Facebook
for password and I logged into Facebook
for password and I logged into Facebook and when I came into Facebook I came out
and when I came into Facebook I came out
and when I came into Facebook I came out to the nightmare suddenly I was in my
to the nightmare suddenly I was in my
to the nightmare suddenly I was in my own life again that made me very happy
own life again that made me very happy
own life again that made me very happy and I felt the strong wish to get well
and I felt the strong wish to get well
and I felt the strong wish to get well again and then under my rehabilitation
again and then under my rehabilitation
again and then under my rehabilitation started a week later I came home with
started a week later I came home with
started a week later I came home with drone mine to get better and by autumn I
drone mine to get better and by autumn I
drone mine to get better and by autumn I was back at senior senior net console
was back at senior senior net console
was back at senior senior net console man teaching my companions but I was not
man teaching my companions but I was not
man teaching my companions but I was not quite well I have some difficulties to
quite well I have some difficulties to
quite well I have some difficulties to speech and you can hear that and I have
speech and you can hear that and I have
speech and you can hear that and I have the kind of brain tightness that most
the kind of brain tightness that most
the kind of brain tightness that most stroke victims have but I managed all
stroke victims have but I managed all
stroke victims have but I managed all right that autumn we found out that
right that autumn we found out that
right that autumn we found out that senior senior homes in Stockholm lack
senior senior homes in Stockholm lack
senior senior homes in Stockholm lack internet or lacked Internet I contacted
internet or lacked Internet I contacted
internet or lacked Internet I contacted politicians to try to make them change
politicians to try to make them change
politicians to try to make them change their minds and it was a good help when
their minds and it was a good help when
their minds and it was a good help when I turned 80 that year
I turned 80 that year
I turned 80 that year friends made three wounds on a tea trend
friends made three wounds on a tea trend
friends made three wounds on a tea trend a Twitter and I grabbed the opportunity
a Twitter and I grabbed the opportunity
a Twitter and I grabbed the opportunity to lobby for the internet for elder and
to lobby for the internet for elder and
to lobby for the internet for elder and it that lobby was lucky now there are
it that lobby was lucky now there are
it that lobby was lucky now there are 60% 60% of the homes in Stockholm have
60% 60% of the homes in Stockholm have
60% 60% of the homes in Stockholm have Internet and the rest will have will be
Internet and the rest will have will be
Internet and the rest will have will be finished by 2019 but in the rest of
finished by 2019 but in the rest of
finished by 2019 but in the rest of Sweden it’s much worse 52% of elderly
Sweden it’s much worse 52% of elderly
Sweden it’s much worse 52% of elderly homes lack Internet and when you ask why
homes lack Internet and when you ask why
homes lack Internet and when you ask why you get frightening answers I think
people in the holes are too ill 20% of
people in the holes are too ill 20% of people in elderly homes die with within
people in elderly homes die with within
people in elderly homes die with within two months of moving in they they don’t
two months of moving in they they don’t
two months of moving in they they don’t they cannot use a PC they don’t need it
they cannot use a PC they don’t need it
they cannot use a PC they don’t need it and I think it’s the other way around
and I think it’s the other way around
and I think it’s the other way around when you are ill and when you are
when you are ill and when you are
when you are ill and when you are confined to a bed you are and when you
confined to a bed you are and when you
confined to a bed you are and when you are going to die you have this strongest
are going to die you have this strongest
are going to die you have this strongest need of contact with your family and
need of contact with your family and
need of contact with your family and friends in your whole life and your
friends in your whole life and your
friends in your whole life and your family and friends have the same need to
family and friends have the same need to
family and friends have the same need to contact with you and if you have
contact with you and if you have
contact with you and if you have internet you can make you can Skype and
internet you can make you can Skype and
internet you can make you can Skype and you can
you can
you can use the social media it is cruel to
use the social media it is cruel to
use the social media it is cruel to believe us oh that means of contact as
believe us oh that means of contact as
believe us oh that means of contact as Internet is during the last years and
Internet is during the last years and
Internet is during the last years and the last months of your life but if 20
the last months of your life but if 20
the last months of your life but if 20 percent die 80 percent live and they
percent die 80 percent live and they
percent die 80 percent live and they will live for long in the elderly home
will live for long in the elderly home
will live for long in the elderly home some live several years and what can
some live several years and what can
some live several years and what can they do with that time if they’re not if
they do with that time if they’re not if
they do with that time if they’re not if they not capable of going out and
they not capable of going out and
they not capable of going out and there’s not much to do in an elderly
there’s not much to do in an elderly
there’s not much to do in an elderly home if we get internet when we move
home if we get internet when we move
home if we get internet when we move into an elderly home there’s so much we
into an elderly home there’s so much we
into an elderly home there’s so much we can do to amuse miles ourselves and
can do to amuse miles ourselves and
can do to amuse miles ourselves and occupy ourselves we can we have Netflix
occupy ourselves we can we have Netflix
occupy ourselves we can we have Netflix where YouTube we can Skype as I said we
where YouTube we can Skype as I said we
where YouTube we can Skype as I said we can pursue our hobbies visit museums
can pursue our hobbies visit museums
can pursue our hobbies visit museums listen to music play bridge we can
listen to music play bridge we can
listen to music play bridge we can borrow ebooks from libraries we can even
borrow ebooks from libraries we can even
borrow ebooks from libraries we can even shop and we can listen to the radio and
shop and we can listen to the radio and
shop and we can listen to the radio and see TV programs of our own choice and at
see TV programs of our own choice and at
see TV programs of our own choice and at our own time and many old people have
our own time and many old people have
our own time and many old people have hearing hearing problems and for them
hearing hearing problems and for them
hearing hearing problems and for them it’s a very good help to watch TV and in
it’s a very good help to watch TV and in
it’s a very good help to watch TV and in a computer and use headphones and a
a computer and use headphones and a
a computer and use headphones and a bonus for family and stuff is that it’s
bonus for family and stuff is that it’s
bonus for family and stuff is that it’s so much easier caring for us if we are
so much easier caring for us if we are
so much easier caring for us if we are not bored
not bored
not bored and not in a bad mood but if we live
and not in a bad mood but if we live
and not in a bad mood but if we live many years in a home with we need other
many years in a home with we need other
many years in a home with we need other things than amusement and occupation we
things than amusement and occupation we
things than amusement and occupation we need the information we are citizens yet
need the information we are citizens yet
need the information we are citizens yet we still have the rights to vote and to
we still have the rights to vote and to
we still have the rights to vote and to be part of the society and how can we do
be part of the society and how can we do
be part of the society and how can we do that without the information I don’t
that without the information I don’t
that without the information I don’t think many people think of the need to
think many people think of the need to
think many people think of the need to be part of something and to have the
be part of something and to have the
be part of something and to have the possibility to follow what happens we
possibility to follow what happens we
possibility to follow what happens we also have many physical problems and
also have many physical problems and
also have many physical problems and it’s very important for us to to Google
it’s very important for us to to Google
it’s very important for us to to Google diseases and medicine and to we want to
diseases and medicine and to we want to
diseases and medicine and to we want to visit Ward Gaiden and I we want to be
visit Ward Gaiden and I we want to be
visit Ward Gaiden and I we want to be able to contact our doctors directly not
able to contact our doctors directly not
able to contact our doctors directly not through family or stuff that is initial
through family or stuff that is initial
through family or stuff that is initial integrity we don’t want to be made
integrity we don’t want to be made
integrity we don’t want to be made babies equally important for us is the
possibility to manage our own affairs
possibility to manage our own affairs I’ve to talk to many old people who have
I’ve to talk to many old people who have
I’ve to talk to many old people who have to leave this to a relative or even to a
to leave this to a relative or even to a
to leave this to a relative or even to a good man
we want to manage our own affairs when I
we want to manage our own affairs when I asked my co seniors what internet means
asked my co seniors what internet means
asked my co seniors what internet means to them they answer freedom or
to them they answer freedom or
to them they answer freedom or independence that because it’s very
independence that because it’s very
independence that because it’s very important to us to have control and be
important to us to have control and be
important to us to have control and be masters of our own life I will finish
masters of our own life I will finish
masters of our own life I will finish this with a piece of good news this
this with a piece of good news this
this with a piece of good news this summer
summer
summer the UN has declared access to Internet a
the UN has declared access to Internet a
the UN has declared access to Internet a human right I hope this will make it
human right I hope this will make it
human right I hope this will make it harder to politicians to deny us
harder to politicians to deny us
harder to politicians to deny us Internet in homes for M the people thank
Internet in homes for M the people thank
Internet in homes for M the people thank you
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