Sunday, March 18, 2012

Virtual Insanity

Facebook, Twitter, email, blogs, assorted website, and the list goes on and on......

Technology is a great thing.  Technology enables us to do so much more in a significantly easier manner.  Yet there are times when I long to return to the "good old days" where we weren't so dependent on technology.  I'm only in my mid-thirties yet the typing class I took in junior high was on (gasp) what would now be called an "old fashioned typewriter"!

How often do we hear "Did you get my text / email / tweet / Facebook post / etc?"  How often are we reliant on these forms of communication to learn what's going on in the lives of those around us instead of picking up the phone to speak with them voice-to-voice or, even better, making plans to see them face-to-face?

As my life has gotten busier and my free time has gotten harder to come by I'm starting to debate how much time I want to spend (aka waste) on technology.  It's amazing how much time I can waste on Facebook and the internet in general.  Time that I could spend reading a book, practicing my violin, or relaxing.

At what point does it become a bit of virtual insanity instead of a tool to enhance our environment?

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