So we sit in a cave and wait to die?
Do you disagree with all of these assertions? I found the article to be refreshing. Is there some reason why we need to have tv screens in a restaurant? What is wrong with conversation? It can be challenging to grab someone's attention in conversation when their eyes are focused on a tv screen. As for the the cell phone's ability to "record the moment", what actually happens to those memories? Are these preserved for future viewing or relegated to a moment in time that has just passed, and we move on?
The author has addressed your question with the final statement: So … what could possibly be good about all this? Tune in tomorrow … Please remind me to post the sequel.
Well, take cell phone for instance. they didn’t exist 15 years ago. Anyone who is paying attention can see that they are robbing people of their ability to interact with the people around them. They are isolating and somewhat dehumanizing. People used to sing, and in some places like England and South Korea they still do. But here in the USA very few people seem willing to expose themselves to embarrassment by singing.. The songs of todays pop culture are no singable, why? Because they are aimed at people who don’t sing. Every bit of progress is not necessarily a good thing. I asked my students to copy something off the board and one of them said they could not read some of the words because my handwriting was bad. So I said they could copy it from page 96 in their book. And then they said, “Why should we copy it if it’s in our book?” If you don’t understand the problem with that sort of attitude then you are part of the problem. Of course I wanted them to write it down so that they would actually become more familiar with it. But the mentality is that they can just look it up on their phones or “whatever”. We are creating lazy people with all our technological gagets.