Whats Connecting Us Is Tearing Us Apart

Nose pushed into the newest IPhone and TVs babysitting today's youth. The digital trend is constantly on the upswing as apps that connect us are further developed to bring people together from all walks of life while simultaneously building societal barriers between us. The days are over when your significant other is met and not on the net. Remembering a birthday no longer takes up wasted space in your brain leaving more room for remembering names, which might come in handy if you ever attend that social outing you received an e-vite for. We have all the tools in front of us to finally connect a world that truly needs it and yet it has proven too much for us to handle. Information overload is taking its toll and we simply cannot process it all at once.

This constant need to avoid face to face conversation, ignore phone calls and keep our thoughts to ourselves is taking its toll. There is a division among most humans that could be mended by simply using the gift we were born with, the ability to verbally communicate, to laugh and to make new friends with people you previously has no similar interests. The age of technology has painted our neighbor as our enemy. Buzzword news articles draw groups apart politically and socially. Put down the phone, now pick it up and dial a number. Now make the call. It doesn't matter who it is. This call could improve your mental health and give you the ability to learn the art of communication and communication is what help us bring communities together regardless of where we come from and what we believe. We are social beings and if forget this we lose a part of what makes us human. This does not mean tossing the phone in the trash, unplugging the TV or pouring coffee on your computer. Moderate your life and take a week or even just a weekend to unplug, go outside and pass the torch to someone else. Keep the communication going, build a stronger and more unified society on meaningful face to face conversation at a time.

Read this fun article by  Ira Hyman Ph. D. regarding cell phones and our youth:
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/mental-mishaps/201401/cell-phones-are-changing-social-interaction