Many of us bought into the fantasy that digital made everything better. We surrendered to this idea, and mistook our dependence for romance, until it was too late.
Today, when my phone is on, I feel anxious and count down the hours to when I am able to turn it off and truly relax. The love affair I once enjoyed with digital technology is over — and I know I’m not alone.
Ten years after the iPhone first swept us off our feet, the growing mistrust of computers in both our personal lives and the greater society we live in is inescapable. This publishing season is flush with books raising alarms about digital technology’s pernicious effects on our lives: what smartphones are doing to our children; how Facebook and Twitter are eroding our democratic institutions; and the economic effects of tech monopolies.
I think phones and social media are pretty good examples of were technology is imposing to much of people lives. Many people use their phone for work, internet, camera, texting and all sorts of different stuff. People cling to their phones way to much. I even know I guy that gets super anxious almost like he suffering from withdrawals if we're camping for a day in a place with no service. My wife would probably be the same way if she would come on a camping trip in the back country.
With social media I know some people that go on facebook way to much and I'm sure they are addicted to it. Personally I barely use Facebook anymore, it's cool to talk to old friends and see what they are up to but it's always depressing to see photos of people going to cool trips, doing fun things and you are stuck at work so that's why I use my facebook once of month and don't get caught up in all that mess. It's also nice to actually talk to friends and family you haven't seen in months and have no clue what they've been up to because you're not seeing all their post and trip photos on facebook.
As for the article, It's nice to know that people are more and more interested in old technology. You know it's not common for newer technology to last more than 5 or 10 years. There's value in something old that lasts and is easy fix and if I had to guess I bet there will be more working record players 20 years from now than all the iPods, iPhones and iPads we have now.
Source: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/opinion/sunday/internet-digital-technology-return-to-analog.html