https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2022/apr/24/ask-philippa-perry-technology-makes-me-feel-i-dont-belong-in-this-world > For older people, the internet plays on the part which is in all of us, that is alone and unknown, says Philippa Perry > The question As a retired woman living alone, I felt isolated during the various lockdowns. The answer seemed to be to rely on technology, which was fine when it worked, but it often made me feel more cut off from the world. For example, when I didn’t know how to unmute myself on a video call it was like having locked-in syndrome. Emerging from the pandemic, things are better, except Covid has made technology the way forward and I can’t always get it to work for me.