We have many important relationships in our lives. Our friends, our spouses, even our favorite furry friends. But nowadays most of have someone new in our lives that we spend hours of time with every day : our technology.
This morning I woke up, made coffee and retrieved my favorite french vanilla creamer. I concocted my liquid energy and grabbed my roommate's laptop (my old mac is tempermental). I checked my email and bank account. I facebooked. I twittered...then I showered. I remembered that I didn't remember the location of the restaurant where I had planned on meeting a friend of mine. I sent her a text message to ask where. She sent me one with the location back in one minute. I left the house. I called my mom on my cell on the way there. Had breakfast with my friend. I left. I called my sister. I got to school. I walked into my IT class. Checked my email again....and I know I will check it again and again today...............and I will probably send 30 more text messages.....
We are a people obsessed. This luxury of fast-paced communication has become something I cannot imagine my life to be without. Technology is a huge part of my day. I probably spend most of my time with, not a person, but my computer and cell phone. You could see that I feel naked without my cell phone with me at all times. But are we in danger of being too dependent? Have we become the needy clinger in our relationship with technology? Or is all of this improving our lives? Are we really better off like this?
....just some thoughts.
...until next time
Some excellent thoughts to ponder...better off? enslaved to? stuck with? I dunno either, but we sure are lost when we loose our technology tools and toys. Last night we lost power for a few hours and if it were not for their cell phones to text with my family would have gone crazy! No one could be creative...it was just UGH!, we lost cable TV and Internet!
ReplyDeleteI try to leave it all from time to time and run, cycle, read a book...anything to get a break from a keyboard and screen...but eventually, like any adict, I have withdrawals and find myself pulled back into the vortex...
Nice header btw, I know you are trying different things, but this is pretty cool! Nice thoughts...keep pondering and blogging!