http://video.pbs.org/video/1402987791/
BTW this is on Netflix as well. Frontline Digital Nation.
Can you survive your daily life without the internet or a phone? How often do you interact with friends and family while in the same room?
Please watch the doc.
One thing in the video bugs me that is a sad truth. People are often in the same room but in different worlds. I know I have an addiction to the internet and technology. I love it. I consume it. Like that ep in parks and rec where he makes the paper phone. I remember over a year ago in church two people texting while a lesson was being taught. Very disrespectful. Theaters annoying as hell. Now I have my phone off at a movie. Even if I have my laptop or tablet with me when at my friends or moms. I talk to them much more than I browse online. I hate being in the same room with a person but not talking to them. When I was working it pissed me off I would bust my ass rain snow or sunshine getting those carts off the lot then a co worker would be texting half the fucking time. Do a half assed job then hand me the vest leaving me with a mess. Tech can be amazing. My PC is next to m chair where I sleep. Like I said I am guilty of being wired to it. I still miss my fave channel tech TV. Still I feel it's so misused. My brother only lets his kids have the most basic of phones and only for emergencies.
The people I know that are not are usually older. My best friend that I go to games with is in his 50's and has and old PC and a CRT and cable. As high tech as he gets. My brother while he has an ipad and imac the ipad is issued to him from his work. He uses the PC for photo editing for his job but other than that is an email machine. He refuses to use skype despite my mom begging him to so she can talk to the grandkids face to face.
My mom is one of those who thinks any button on the remote will blow the place up. At the same time uses skype.tablet Roku laptop. Far from addicted tho. Very light user.
Are you too addicted to tech? If not I applaud you.