Not unless they do it by force.
I have always been an advocate for computer technology, I can see in many respects how wrong I have been. The good in computer technology is very good, but the bad has turned out to be awful.
I believe the widespread use of cell phones in general and smart phones in particular overall has had a deleterious cultural impact on society.
Sure. There is a lot of good associated with computers and phones, FR is a good example, buying things online and having them delivered a day or two later (with all the computer infrastructure and underpinnings of that from the cargo loading schedules for planes, ordering software, etc) being able to call from anywhere anytime when the car breaks down is good.
My wife and I went past the location of a famous record store some time back in a big city. It was nighttime, and the record store was shuttered, because...who buys music like that anymore? (That isn’t bad)
What was bad was the 20-30 people out there waiting for a bus (it was near a college) and every single one of those people had their head craned down, looking at a smart phone, faces lit by the screen.
Not talking. Not looking around. Just like zombies, staring at their hand. I will tell you, it creeped me out.
There is an entire culture of people who have never observed or seen many significant things with their own eyes.
They have only seen it through the viewfinder of a smartphone. I just don’t like it.
It has destroyed something in society.
It has destroyed something in society.
People become annoyed if you try to communciate and they are viewing their phones.
AND I see people crossing the busy street looking down.
Not good.
Excellent expose’. Computer/Information Technology by itself is not the problem as it is merely a tool. The problem though, with this sort of tool is the amplification factor. The asymptotic rate of good or evil conducted with these devices is astounding and apparent in near real-time.
....”There is an entire culture of people who have never observed or seen many significant things with their own eyes.
They have only seen it through the viewfinder of a smartphone...It has destroyed something in society.”....
They’re having a profound effect on the youth ... making them seriously unhappy...they’re depressed screen addicts because of lack of parental attention.