A simply fantastic article from the Huffington post (yes, I was surprised too) that shows how wonderful technology is, and that it's totally over bashed.
It's something I've been saying for years now, and it's been basically ignored. I see so, so many people posting about how bad smartphones, texting and social media is-these people are usually frightened by technology they don't understand and since everyone else thinks it's cool to bash technology, they just go along with the crowd.
They'll say "Well I see people using their smart phones over dinner and ignoring each other." What if that couple is happy doing that? What if they usually talk to each other and are just texting their friends and family to tell them what a good time they are having? What if this couple doesn't have a problem with it and you do? Stop telling people how to live their lives. The author of the article makes a brilliant point that interacting with people can take place both online and face to face and it's frankly not your place to judge which is better for me.
The other great point this article makes (and my goodness it makes so many good ones) is that the people you've been talking to online since 2007 are much closer to you than the stranger on the subway. Why is it somehow considered less appropriate to talk to them on the subway than it is to talk to a complete stranger you'll likely never see again?
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