Smart phones make us dumb — The Isolation of Technology, Part 2

Interesting that there is a whole buzz right now about technology, and the fear that it is ruining us.

Yesterday, I wrote about the four girls in Wendy’s who were sitting at a table together, so entrenched in music and texting that they ignored each other. The social implications of all our “devices” is untold, yet frightening.


Glenn Young, over at Faith Fiction and Friends wrote about a similiar incident, while he stood in line with six other people who were all talking on their phones on the same time.


He says that his wife calls his Blackberry, “My Precious,” acknowledging his dependence on the device. “What is it that so mesmerizes us?” he asks. “What is it that makes us ignore our kids and spouses, ignore where we’re driving, and turns our attention?”


It isn’t just grandpas like Glynn. Even the young are questioning it all. My son, who works in the high tech industry wrote this on his Facebook page. “I’m thinking of doing the opposite as everyone else and downgrading my phone, if not get rid of altogether. You got my email, work cell or you can message me here right?”

If own a smartphone, does it make you dumb? Comment here.