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Originally Posted by EMJ
access to instant information.
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I agree that this is a tremendous resource, but I'm concerned that it has trained our brains, elevating our expectations that
everything should also be instant.
I would have loved to have worked in the pre-email era, but then I would have probably complained about the secondhand smoke.
Above all else, I'm saddened at what tech has done to conversation and small talk. I went to lunch with 3 colleagues the other day to a nice Italian cafe. It was (finally) a fabulous 72 degrees without a cloud in the sky and there we were on the "Chef's Deck" off the back of the kitchen overlooking a meandering stream. The 3 of them couldn't put their damn phone down and enjoy the moment. Then the food came out and it turned into a 5 minute photo-session (and they're all much older than me).
At least I could hear the stream since there was no chit chat.
I'm certainly concerned what this all means for my little ones (4/6) as they grow up in this world, but with so many Pelicans on here with teenagers turning out ok, I think we'll be ok.
