Older folks most certainly do socialise but many of us prefer to do it in person rather than through the cold and dispassionate cyber way of so many young folk. I like to be able to shake hands or hug my friends and family and to look them in the eye when we are in conversation.
As for being resistant to change, I use technology as a tool to achieve particular non-technical objectives, not as an objective in iteself. Sometimes change in these tools is good but all too often it is change for the sake of change (and the generation of more revenue for the manufacturer) that interferes unduly with what I am striving to achieve.
I am no luddite but I am cynical about the real value of chnaging my cellphone every two years or having to upgrade my operating system and suite of applications because the manufacturer has decided to introduce new versions every two years or so and stops supporting the old one - while the system works just fine as a tool for my purposes.
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