So, recently I saw a gas station that advertised how you could watch TV as you pumped gas - because there are TVs installed on the pumps themselves now. At first I was wow'd. (wow.) And then I was struck by it. have we really become such a society where we need entertainment every possible second? Social psychologists already are wondering how humanity and culture itself will adapt with the progression of smart phones and how "connected" we are to techno gadgetry - but not always too each other.
While it's easy for me to sit here and condemn - tables of friends who are sitting together but are on their phones, or families where mom and dad are on their laptops and iPads while the kids are playing video games, I must turn my critical eye inwards. Sure I usually don't do that kind of thing, but what about the times where I've check my facebook while being out, or spent too much time on facebook - or have decided that it's much more fun to be online or watching TV than it is, say going to the gym or working on dozens of projects that I could be doing.
I wonder what would society would be like it we attempted to interact with more people face to face instead of through phones or computers.
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