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comment by dobbythehouseelf
dobbythehouseelf  ·  3704 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: How Not to Be Alone

"Technology celebrates connectedness, but encourages retreat." Such a tough sentence to digest. Its completely true that the more we devote our lives to technology and social media, the more we divert away from face to face, the less effort we contribute to a physical society in which we all are. Some simple things which happened years ago, say leaving a mobile phone in another room while eating dinner is a changed discourse. Now, in a university hall of residence's dining room, smart phones battle for space with plates and tweets compete with the constant volume of the general chirp. I believe social skills have already begun to lack.