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Does anyone else actually notice or think about the true saturation level of our collective addiction to technology? I'm speaking specifically about our personal tech (devices) and the internet.
I met an old guy to day on a house call who doesn't have a computer or a cell phone. He was totally with it (not some rocking chair basket case), he just flat out refuses to get either. It got me thinking on the drive back to the shop about the pervasiveness of our collective addiction. No one I know (sadly, including myself) could "give it up". I don't even Facebook or use social media other than a couple of forums, and I'd probably not be able to go back to not having my devices or the internet.
It's scary. We are willing slaves to this tech whether we admit it or not. I don't know what it ultimately means for a population to be this dependent and addicted to technology that is not essential for living.
One thing I notice in forums is someone will begin a post writing in first-person, which is what you did, continuing mostly in first person until the last paragraph when you switched to second person as if you were speaking for everyone. I am a slave to it, but I know people who aren't and if I know people who aren't, I know there are many others. It is simply not true that everyone is a willing slave to this tech whether they admit it or not.
Only a couple of people have my cell phone number and I carry that just for emergencies in the car. Otherwise I don't use it. And everyone else can leave a message on my answering machine (land line) when I am away. I LIKE to be away from phones!
And I have two dogs I walk around the neighborhood (2 miles!). I actually "talk" to my neighbors and people when doing so!
I am a slave to it, but I know people who aren't and if I know people who aren't, I know there are many others. It is simply not true that everyone is a willing slave to this tech whether they admit it or not.
Collectively as a society, we are slaves to device tech and the internet.
Does anyone else actually notice or think about the true saturation level of our collective addiction to technology? I'm speaking specifically about our personal tech (devices) and the internet.
The technology itself is not the problem, the addiction is to what it brings and what it brings is either knowledge/information or entertainment/media (including social media). i suspect that the majority focus on entertainment/media when it comes to their personal tech devices as i think a person "addicted" to knowledge/information would also be more open to other avenues of learning whether its from books, classrooms or from sheer observation and experience of their surroundings.
Oh yeah, there is also shopping on the internet, some may be addicted to that too. so basically, technology is not the actual problem, the problem is what uses it
Does anyone else actually notice or think about the true saturation level of our collective addiction to technology? I'm speaking specifically about our personal tech (devices) and the internet.
I met an old guy to day on a house call who doesn't have a computer or a cell phone. He was totally with it (not some rocking chair basket case), he just flat out refuses to get either. It got me thinking on the drive back to the shop about the pervasiveness of our collective addiction. No one I know (sadly, including myself) could "give it up". I don't even Facebook or use social media other than a couple of forums, and I'd probably not be able to go back to not having my devices or the internet.
It's scary. We are willing slaves to this tech whether we admit it or not. I don't know what it ultimately means for a population to be this dependent and addicted to technology that is not essential for living.
Well what's not having a computer or a cell phone have to do with being 'with it'? So if you don't have a computer or a cell phone you're nuts? I am confused.
Reminded me of my neighbor when she went into my apartment the first time she said - you have no TV?!!! - LOL like it's the end of the world. I calmly told her, it's in my bedroom and showed her I have my TV there just to make sure she won't have a heart attack or something.
Personally for me, I can live without cell phone or TV or even cable. I can't live without internet or PC/laptop though. Also my GPS. I LITERALLY will be lost without it. I am VERY dependent on GPS to show/drive me around.
Well what's not having a computer or a cell phone have to do with being 'with it'? So if you don't have a computer or a cell phone you're nuts? I am confused.
Reminded me of my neighbor when she went into my apartment the first time she said - you have no TV?!!! - LOL like it's the end of the world. I calmly told her, it's in my bedroom and showed her I have my TV there just to make sure she won't have a heart attack or something.
Personally for me, I can live without cell phone or TV or even cable. I can't live without internet or PC/laptop though. Also my GPS. I LITERALLY will be lost without it. I am VERY dependent on GPS to show/drive me around.
With it, meaning he wasn't in the throes of dementia or unaware of what century he was living in. Alert and aware of the world around him, but without the need of devices or the internet.
It's an easy way to either escape from having to socialise with people, to socialise only with text. In a way, people have always been sort of private in general, so it's not that different..
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