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Has technology brought us together or made us more isolated?

Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:54 pm
Posted by mpar98
Baton Rouge
Member since Jan 2006
8034 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:54 pm
I'll go with...its a wash...its allowed us to communicate more with others at times we wouldnt have in the past. But then, its made us not socialize as much because of that. Example being, me asking you fine folks this on an internet board as Im at home as opposed to at a Sunday gathering.
Posted by HailHailtoMichigan!
Mission Viejo, CA
Member since Mar 2012
69377 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:55 pm to
More isolated and it really isn't close, imo.
Posted by Geauxtiga
No man's land
Member since Jan 2008
34377 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:55 pm to
What I want tô know is why, with all these "advances," do we not have time for anything?
This post was edited on 5/20/18 at 2:56 pm
Posted by notiger1997
Metairie
Member since May 2009
58275 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:57 pm to
Meh. Depends on the person and how they use it
Posted by Lsubuster
Baton rouge
Member since Oct 2017
12 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:57 pm to
I don’t know. What did your family say?
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72195 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 2:59 pm to
Far more isolated.
Posted by CoachChappy
Member since May 2013
32599 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 3:03 pm to
quote:

Everybody's on the phone So connected and all alone
-Jimmy Buffett
Posted by Breesus
House of the Rising Sun
Member since Jan 2010
66982 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 3:03 pm to
Both at the same time which is a bizarre contradiction that is fricking up the minds of the youth.
Posted by Pecker
Rocky Top
Member since May 2015
16674 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 3:04 pm to
We pretend as if loneliness is a new phenomenon. That throughout history there haven't been lonely people who stayed in their rooms and read or led secluded lives.

We're simply able to access or be better aware of lonely people now with technology.


The ability to communicate with people online has given secluded and lonely people an outlet they otherwise wouldn't have had.
This post was edited on 5/20/18 at 3:08 pm
Posted by shutterspeed
MS Gulf Coast
Member since May 2007
63553 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 3:11 pm to
Together. When I moved from Baton Rouge and was missing family and friends, I was glad to still have a home connection in the form of TD.
Posted by Averytiger
Member since Dec 2017
1366 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 3:50 pm to
Are you kidding? It's not even close.

I make my kids leave their phones at home when they go anyplace with me. Otherwise, I'm left with a texting "with me."

To be fair, I'm just as guilty as they are, and that makes me sad. I leave my phone in the car when we go anywhere.
Posted by hrryhll
England
Member since Apr 2018
708 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:24 pm to
More isolated for sure.

Modern technology in many ways is fantastic but I am old enough to just about remember the pre internet age. Life definitely seemed so much simpler then.

I never play video games and I don’t even have a Facebook account and people look at me like I have two heads.
Posted by DeafJam73
Baton Rouge
Member since Sep 2010
18521 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:27 pm to
It has made us stupid.
Posted by Ponchy Tiger
Ponchatoula
Member since Aug 2004
45220 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:31 pm to
Made us more connected with more people but it has hurt personal relationships.
Posted by Wildcat In Germany
Metro Atlanta
Member since May 2017
3094 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:43 pm to
Both. It makes it easier to keep in touch with old friends. It makes it easier to cheat on a spouse or significant other though. It also gives idiots a platform that they normally wouldn't have.
Posted by CelticDog
Member since Apr 2015
42867 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:43 pm to
Brings together.

With video I meet with distant members of my teeny sect of Adidam.

My sisters and I text during sporting events.

I call relatives.. With messenger we see each other as we speak thousands of miles apart.

Posted by GeorgePaton
God's Country
Member since May 2017
4495 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:45 pm to
More isolated....much more.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98351 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:47 pm to
Does arguing about salad dressing unite or divide us?
Posted by thelawnwranglers
Member since Sep 2007
38825 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:49 pm to
I wait talking to friends bc I felt I had talked to them

Part of why I quit facebook
Posted by yoga girl
Member since Dec 2015
3673 posts
Posted on 5/20/18 at 5:55 pm to
More isolated.

I read a great article about how the Amish deal with new technologies. They try them out, see how they fit in (or don't fit in) with their lifestyle and then accept or reject it.

I wish we did it. I think a lot of technology, particularly social media, has brought us father apart.

Here's the link to the article about the Amish and technology.

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