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Originally Posted by Maximo  I agree that this is a legitimate concern. Most people I know, including myself, have a slight addiction to being online. When it interferes with living life and relationships, then it is a problem.
When my home internet connection goes out, I get very anxious. However, I'm not a mobile internet user. When I leave the house, I'm offline and focused on whatever I'm doing. Maybe if I were on the go more like I used to be when I lived in the city, I would be more apt to use my phone. But not when I am in a social setting and should be enjoying company. |
Very true. I also became addicted to Facebook and thought I was wasting too much time caring about what other people were up to, so I deleted my account. Before, I would think it rude to pick up my phone at the dinner table to look at stuff. But somehow...sometime, maybe due to the influence of my fiance, I find myself not thinking much of it anymore. I look around at other ppl's dinner tables and see people, young and old, all looking at their phones, whether some or everyone at the table. It's sad that it's become a norm. It's scary to think how little face-to-face attention we'll be giving each other in 5 or 10 years...
Technology has been great, informative, efficient, but it's kind of sucking our attention away from what's real and what's in front of us and our surroundings! And it seems, there's not much we can do about it, when everyone else is doing the same...
