" If you're sick of your friend flicking around with his iPhone at dinner, tell him to shut the damn thing off and return to reality."
"Fear of new technology seems engrained in human nature, because it goes way back. In 1876, The New York Times made a bold prediction: The advent of the telephone would cause people to stop going to church."
"Thus the telephone, by bringing music and minister into every home, will empty the concert-halls and the churches," the newspaper claimed.
This piece of article explores the common habit of the modern people, such as to pull out their phones in a middle of a conversation which happens daily to many people.
People loves to take a look with their phone constantly, or go on facebook or twitter as if its their romantic partner, people explained they do that in every other minute because they wonder if someone else is texting them for help or if he missed the most updated status of his friends, etc.
In a study at the University of Kansas hundreds of students were asked about texting and driving. Out of the group 83% agreed that it was dangerous yet 93% admit they still do it. A psychology professor states that smart phones are an addictive experience that taps into our compulsive desire to be social.
In my opinion, it’s true that we do seem to over rely on our phones, with the texting, look for numbers in phone book, calling, taking picture for some significant moment, music, games, etc. Now phones can be used to go on the Internet, and people just spending more time with their phone, like checking email, updating their locations, reporting their daily activities to friends, to like or to comment on their friends, etc. It is true that smart-phone and any other kind of technological products helps us to stay closer with others but personally, I would prefer meeting my friends, communicating with other physically rather than get those done electronically.
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