After reading "Your Brain on Computers," an article by Matt Richtell, I realized how much people truely are attached to technology. While reading this article, the first thing I thought about was my boyfriend Troy. His brain is definitely hooked on technology. He has his Droid, laptop, computer, PS3, Xbox360 and a 52 inch TV all in his living room. A typical day is us sitting on the couch, him checking up on every sport that exists, Facebook, email, Ebay, Craigslist, etc. all on his laptop, while his phone blows up with texts and updates, while watching TV, while I sit there and wonder why he can not unplug and just spend time with me since we only see each other twice a week.
Thinking that if we go out to eat or on a date that he will forget about all things technology and focus on me, we sit down to eat at a nice restaurant and I will begin to talk. After finishing my story I will hear silence. That silence is the sound of Troy and his phone and not hearing one word I had just uttered. Don't get me wrong, I have my Droid smart phone, Ipod touch, laptop and so on, but I can't stand to be on them while were together because I feel I am wasting my time with him.
Upon reading the article, I began to realize that he is not the only one with these issues. Many people today are going through the same technology addiction that he is. I thought the part of the article that talks about the effect on multitasking that technology has had was very interesting. I have noticed that I am very good at multitasking whereas my parents can usually only do one thing at once. I never really connected that to the technology that has been offered to me growing up that wasn't to my parents. They never learned to be connected as our generation is.
I think that technology is important in our society today, but I wish people could learn to limit themselves. Not only the people you wish you could spend more one on one time with to limit themselves, but also the people that run into you while texting and walking.
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