Useful: YES...Social: NO

Everywhere I go it seems like people are talking about how great technology is. Walk into about any room anywhere and someone is probably on the computer or a cell phone, ipod, or some other technological device. I have to admit that I do enjoy being able to keep this blog and express my thoughts and technology certainly is valuable. Having said that, I can't say I'm ok with the idea of technology replacing face-to-face communication as the norm for social relationships today. Technology seems to take away from that one-on-one experience we all take for granted. I get so frustrated when I try to talk to someone and they are too busy texting to look at me. If I wanted an experience like that, I'd turn around and talk to the wall. Even for the people texting, the communication simply isn't the same. It's easy to spew junk to a computer or phone, but over half of communication comes from facial expressions or tone of voice or body language or a million other tiny little signals we pick up on when we are in the same room as another person. Technology is great, but at the core we are still social creatures. Social: living or disposed to live in companionship with others or in a community, rather than in isolation. It seems to me that you need more than words to have companionship; talk is cheap, so tell me again how sitting alone typing on the computer is social...