Our society is continually and rapidly advancing in technology. We can get information and communicate with others literally in seconds. No more having to go down to the library, hoping you can find the right book in the card catalog, and hoping that someone hasn’t already checked it out.
No longer do we have to take the tedious time of writing letters to our loved ones, because now we have email, text and chat and can correspond with them, again, literally in seconds. We now have instant conversations in “real time”.
Because of these amazing advancements, we are more connected with each other than we ever have been. We can be connected all across the globe with a touch of our fingers, or the click of a mouse button.
Isn’t this great?
I think if we can be honest with ourselves, technology is in many circumstances actually removing us more and more from each other.
Let me explain.
The rapid boom of technology, specifically in the last 10 years, has everyone totally interconnected. This technology also makes it all too easy to commit or over-commit to our work and personal lives.
Specifically, things like social media, emailing and texting is replacing what little time we have that could perhaps be spent in a more meaningful way.
It seems that there is this need to always be “connected” with everyone around us.
But is all of this so-called “connecting” even real communication? It may seem real, mostly because we’ve convinced ourselves it feels real. But is it really?
Click link to read the full article http://www.growinvirtue.com/technology-disconnecting/
No longer do we have to take the tedious time of writing letters to our loved ones, because now we have email, text and chat and can correspond with them, again, literally in seconds. We now have instant conversations in “real time”.
Because of these amazing advancements, we are more connected with each other than we ever have been. We can be connected all across the globe with a touch of our fingers, or the click of a mouse button.
Isn’t this great?
I think if we can be honest with ourselves, technology is in many circumstances actually removing us more and more from each other.
Let me explain.
The rapid boom of technology, specifically in the last 10 years, has everyone totally interconnected. This technology also makes it all too easy to commit or over-commit to our work and personal lives.
Specifically, things like social media, emailing and texting is replacing what little time we have that could perhaps be spent in a more meaningful way.
It seems that there is this need to always be “connected” with everyone around us.
But is all of this so-called “connecting” even real communication? It may seem real, mostly because we’ve convinced ourselves it feels real. But is it really?
Click link to read the full article http://www.growinvirtue.com/technology-disconnecting/
