Modern Technology help or hindrance

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With the advent of the Internet and cell phone, people today seem caught up with the technology.
Many have sacrificed reading for the cell phone. I know that these technology are important. Today many have allowed them to become something like an idol.

Some folks are on their cell phone while they are walking the streets unware of the the oncoming traffic. Their heads are bowed. To see people driving, texting. School children walking and their heads are bowed fingers tapping all the way.

I have never been a phone lover. The truth is that I have a cell phone, I use it for calls particularly emergency calls. Even my landline is not much used. I have always preferred to talk to people face to face. I know many may be living long distances away from friends and family and the phone is the only contact they might have. This is good. I think in today's society we are sacrificing so much for this technology. How many of us who are children and adults have placed reading a good book on the back burner.

Here in Barbados I see so many of our children with cell phones in hand. They seldom visit the library.
They walk with their tablet. I might be from the old school but I don't believe that an electronic device can replace a book. I love reading, especially when I am in bed and the rain is falling. There is nothing like turning the leaves of the book and marking the pages.

 

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With the advent of the Internet and cell phone, people today seem caught up with the technology.
Many have sacrificed reading for the cell phone.

I wonder....when books became available, do you think this same question was asked about reading vs. word-of-mouth?

Some folks are on their cell phone while they are walking the streets unware of the the oncoming traffic. Their heads are bowed. To see people driving, texting. School children walking and their heads are bowed fingers tapping all the way.

I have seen plenty of people do the same with books, magazines, and newspapers in their hands. I was driving on I-494 in the twin cities area of Minnesota one time and I was concerned the driver in front of me was drunk. The car was swerving all over the road. Eventually I got along side and discovered the reason. The guy had a cup of coffee in one hand, a magazine on his steering wheel, and working one of those word search puzzles.

Aside from personal desire, what's the difference between reading the written word from a paper book or electronic one?

I have to ask this question of myself. I enjoy outdoor magazines but I have noticed that for some reason I do not get the same enjoyment out of reading the same articles on a computer screen. It's similar with deer hunting. Where I live now, it is not permitted to use a high-powered rifle to hunt deer. We are only able to use a shotgun with slugs so I hunt further north where rifles are permitted. Both weapons are equally as capable but for some reason I just can't bring myself to hunt in this area because of this rule. 2