The phone worry
Wind the clock back, technologically speaking, 50 years. Now then, what do you see? If you’re anything like me you’ll see a world which is very curious about technology. A world which would consider technology being at the centre of everything well…just a little bit weird. I said, curious, not obsessed. But look at our modern civilisation in the present day – from London to Egypt and everywhere in-between – and you see a very different picture. Mobile phones have taken over our lives. To the extent where many people feel the need to be connected to the internet at virtually all times.
Where as, back in the day, breakfast was the first thing which was on peoples’minds, nowadays it’s not survival, it’s email. But surely we shouldn’t be concerned about this widespread fascination with technology, right? Wrong. According to a recent article in the Huffington Post, this fascination is quietly turning into an addiction right beneath our noses. The result is dangerous, say some psychologists. And it could be that the next generation has no choice but to be dangerously addicted.
Ask yourself: can you not be online for just one day? Are your internet-related activities anything to do with work?
From gaming consoles like the amazing R4 3DS , to mobile phones by Samsung and Apple, technology has made everything possible. And we do mean everything, from the boring and formal — transferring money — to the weird and downright wacky — all kinds of apps which are a bit too strange to be mentioned here! If you want to do it, chances are that somewhere there will be an app designed for it. An app which will mean zero human interaction and light-speed effect.
So really, how concerned should we be about this? Well, that would depend. Ask yourself: can you not be online for just one day? Are your internet-related activities anything to do with work? Are they essential to your being? If the answer to all three of those questions is ȁCNoȁD then you may have to consider you have an internet addiction which requires some help.
Another thing which will tell you, somewhat more quickly, that you have a problem, is this: do you sleep next to your mobile phone? If so then you won’t be the only one, not by a long-shot. According to the aforementioned article, up to – and possibly more – a third of US citizens sleep next to their mobile phone, purely out of the fear of missing an email or text message. While many of these people, it is fair to say, rely on their phones for communication with work, it’s also fair to say that this is probably going too far and could be classified as more than a bit bizarre. We advise you head on over to the article now and give it a read. Then ask yourself: do I have a problem?
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