&gt; In the article they talk about how doggedly old-fashioned the market&#x27;s purveyors are, eschewing computers in favor of paper and pencil.<p>There is a lot of professionals that are strongly anti-bullshit&#x2F;shiny toys and live and breathe no-nonsense.
These purveyors will all have decent cell phones, deal with mail and electronic communication where it makes sense, and use the most tried and true, bullet proof tools where money is on the line.<p>For now, if you are auctionning standing in a room with prices that fly by at every moment, computers are not the relevant tool. Same if you&#x27;re taking orders while talking to someone with hands soaked in icy water.<p>Pencil and paper are still the fastest and most reliable media depending on what you are doing.<p>PS: interestingly NEETs sometime seem to be another kind of way to refuse bullshit. Some of the younger generations feel that working or participating to the society has no sense, they&#x27;re predestined to be cannon fodder. And they&#x27;re not completely wrong in some cases, even if they fail to see potential alternative paths. When there seem to be no way forward, some will just stop, instead of blindly following the path as their parents did.