https://cruciallearning.com/blog/societys-new-addiction-getting-a-like-over-having-a-life/ VitalSmarts is now Crucial Learning Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:52:50 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 https://cruciallearning.com/blog/societys-new-addiction-getting-a-like-over-having-a-life/#comment-3971 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 19:52:50 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=5770#comment-3971 A good friend in her 70’s told me a story of having one of her daughters and her family visit for Christmas. The 3 little boys, all under age 10, got up earlier than their parents Christmas morning. The were all playing electronic games on handhelds. She made a nice breakfast for everyone, but as they sat around her dining table to eat together, her daughter, son-in-law, and 3 grandsons were all absorbed in checking email, or the video games, no one was talking to anyone else. This is not only rude, but it is not life. I don’t have any moblie technology, by choice, so I do not have to “take a vacation” from it. I have become a freakish phenomenon in just a few years by just staying the same. That most of those around me cannot even imagine how I can manage, tells me a lot about the impact on our social lives and skills that technology is having. It is not good. Building connection with others is good, but it should start with where we are present at any particular time, otherwise there is an even more dire breakdown of in community bonds.

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/societys-new-addiction-getting-a-like-over-having-a-life/#comment-3970 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 18:33:55 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=5770#comment-3970 I wanted to tweet it! doh!

]]> https://cruciallearning.com/blog/societys-new-addiction-getting-a-like-over-having-a-life/#comment-3969 Wed, 18 Mar 2015 14:56:36 +0000 http://www.crucialskills.com/?p=5770#comment-3969 What does it say about me that I wanted to post the graphic on Facebook?

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