TECHNOLOGY AND LOSS OF SOCIAL SKILLS

I AM NOT A GREAT PROPONENT OF THE VAST TECHNOLOGY WITH WHICH THE HUMAN RACE HAS BEEN  CURSED/BLESSED WITH DURING THE PAST TWENTY YEARS.

WHILE I REALIZE THE THERE ARE MANY FIELDS OF SCIENCE, HEALTH AND GENERAL KNOWLEDGE WHICH HAVE BENEFITED FROM THIS LEAP FORWARD, I ALSO BELIEVE THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE LOSING CONTACT WITH EACH OTHER AND ARE ISOLATING THEM SELVES FROM FAMILY, FRIENDS AND THEMSELVES.

I REALIZE THAT WITHOUT TECHNOLOGY I WOULD NOT HAVE THIS BLOG READ IN OVER 100 COUNTRIES, BUT THEN THE WORLD MIGHT BE A BETTER PLACE.

HOWEVER, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN OUT TO A MOVIE OR DINNER AND SEEN A COUPLE WITH THEIR HEADS DOWN, HANDS BELOW THE TABLE, THEN SUDDENLY THEY LOOK UP AT EACH OTHER FOR A SECOND, SMILE OR LAUGH THEN THEIR HEADS GO DOWN AGAIN AND THIS PROCESS IN REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN?

HAVE YOU EVER BEEN TO A FAMILY REUNION AND EVERY YOUNG PERSON AND MANY OF THE OLDER ONES FRANTICALLY TRYING TO GET HOOKED UP WITH THE WI-FI OR FIND A SPOT WITH CELL CONNECTIVITY?

HAVE YOU GOTTEN TOGETHER WITH FRIENDS OR FAMILY ONLY TO HAVE THREE OR FOUR OF THE PEOPLE YOU CAME TO VISIT WITH BRING THEIR LAP TOPS AND SIT IN THE CORNER WITH THEIR HEADS STUCK BEHIND THE BLACK COVER?

THE OTHER DAY WE WERE AT A RESTAURANT AND A COUPLE CAME IN SAT DOWN AND IMMEDIATELY PULLED OUT THEIR LAP TOPS AND WHILE
 TAKING ENOUGH TIME TO TAKE THEIR MEALS  USED THEIR LAP TOPS THROUGHOUT.

YES, THE INTERNET, GOOGLE, I-PODS, I-PHONES, BLACKBERRIES AND ON AND ON DO MAKE EVERYTHING IN THE WORLD ACCESSIBLE WITHIN SECONDS BUT HOW ARE WE DOING AT LOOKING SOMEONE IN THE EYE AND TELLING THEM HOW MUCH WE LOVE AND CARE FOR THEM, ONLY THERE CAN ONE EXPRESS THE SINCERITY, THE FEELINGS, THE LOVE AND UNDERSTANDING, ONLY THE SPOKEN WORD THE EXPRESSION, THE HAND SHAKE, THE HUG, THE LAUGHTER, THE TEARS TRULY COMMUNICATE SOUL TO SOUL.

I PERSONALLY AM OFFENDED BY THESE ANTI-SOCIAL BEHAVIOURS.