I can’t imagine life without my iPhone. If I need something, I use it to order from Amazon instead of going to the store. If I need to deposit a check I use remote deposit instead of going to the bank. I get real time alerts from my credit card company which means I can be alerted to a fraudulent charge as it happens. I can set the temperature in my house by accessing the thermostat, meaning I come home to a warm house. I can open my garage door from anywhere in the world, which came in handy when my wife lost her key. All my appointments and reminders are stored in my calendar app. I can take pictures and videos. If I’m out of cell phone range I can use the SOS feature and text someone via satellite. There are a lot more reasons to have a smart phone. You can even make a telephone call with one!
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How not to be in the flesh connected to humans.
You make the case of why devices severely diminish human interaction. Ergo diminish family formation.
That’s nonsense. A cell phone is merely a tool.
You may as well say that the invention of the telephone itself diminished human interaction, though I’m sure you’ve got one in your home. Why go to the barber shop or the general store for ‘news’, when you had a telephone in the house?
Even the Amish now allow telephones on their properties, if not actually in their houses. They recognize that it’s a useful tool.
I think a lot of people are developing an irrational fear of technology, even though everyone alive today has been an avid user of it all of their lives.
Technology is becoming a scapegoat for something that is actually lacking in OURSELVES.