One of the most repulsive and defining attributes of our generation is technology. Yes, technology can be extremely helpful when it comes to school projects, navigating yourself through unknown territory, and multifarious other tasks that must be completed throughout the rigours of daily life. However, even though technological innovations have seemingly been quite successful in improving the quality of our livelihoods, it has also done an extreme disservice to our ability to socially interact. And by socially interacting I don’t mean poking someone on Facebook, or replying to a “friend’s” tweet, but actually being able to hold a real face to face conversation.
But the shocking reality of it all, is that, everyday I witness the same scenario: a whole table of “friends” sitting silently, enslaved by the beckoning aluminosilicate glass, “communicating” and stalking the every thought of their “friends”. While the irony of it all is thanks to social media we know exactly who people are, right down to their absolute favorite food or the reason why they can’t stand so and so, yet face to face we can barely string together sentences or let alone say a simple hello.
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