I'm not an old man, I can afford an I-Phone, I'm not a "hater". Now that we've have that out of the way let me talk about this cell phone craze that is ruining socializing not just in America, but the rest of the world. I go to University of Houston and all I see is people looking down at their cell phones and walking into benches and into each other, when I go to the store same thing, when I'm driving people are swerving all over the place because of it, they stop at a stop light and when it turns green they remain stopped. The point is, it is ruining our face to face communication skills with each other, more and more people are becoming socially awkward. They are shackled by their cell phones, social media, or head phones. When something bad happens to someone like getting their head kicked in while they are unconscious, they would rather pull out their cell phones and yell "WorldStar" than do anything to help. We don't need "big brother" to have surveillance cameras because we have them on our phones. When I go to a club or bar, I see a lot of bored people playing on their phones. Even children are acting "cell-ph" important. Nobody seems to care about art, music, etc or the quality of it anymore. As long as they have their new I-Phone that they are fooled into buying every few months, life is just great for everyone. I want to know your take on this ClutchFans. Are we going backwards in terms of socializing with each other? Are we enslaved by technology and is it moving to fast for us to keep up and be responsible with it? Avoid winning argument at all cost, just discuss and give your honest opinion about this.
Cool story bro. Did you post that from your iphone? Spoiler Just kidding, I think you are right and am happy to admit that I am one of those "always on" victims. Not sure what can be done about it, though.
I have a hard time understanding why more people on cell phones would mean people don't care about art or music? If anything the complete opposite, as more art and music migrates to the cell phone. btw it's not called a cell phone, it's now a smartphone
You b*stard lol. I was about to verbally fling poo at you. I agree, nothing can really be physically done about it. We can talk about it though, that is a start. Advanced verbal communication is really what separates us from primitive animals. I can say, "my bad" or "sorry" when I bump you on accident. Monkeys just start grunting and beat each other over the head with dinosaur bones. I just feel that cell phones are taking that natural instinct of verbal communication away from us. And no I don't have an I-Phone. I have this flip phone I've had for years that my friends give me **** about.
For instance, the knocking down of historical and aesthetically important buildings in NY to make way for ugly modern crap that you can huff and puff and blow down. "Smartphones" seem to make us not give a damn about the world around us. "Look at me, look how important I am texting or talking(to nobody) on my smartphone." People would rather listen to lyrics about "yeah dawg, I got mo' money than you, if you think my music sucks you just a hater"-in the close pin on the nose Drake voice. Instead of listening to "all you need is love" or something like that. It just seems that people are so oblivious to what is going on around them. I could go on and on but cell phones are a disease to planet earth.
Cellphone zombie gets almost dies from multiple rattlesnake bites. <iframe width="560" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/cwDgHF-bZy0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/teens-steps-rattlesnakes-cell-service-article-1.1201360 A California teen says she won’t be looking for cell phone service in the desert anymore. Vera Oliphant, 16, accidentally stepped into a nest of rattlesnakes while trying to pick up a cellular signal outside her uncle’s home near San Diego. She was bitten a half-dozen times on her legs and feet. She told KSWB-TV she was preoccupied with her phone when she heard the snakes’ telltale rattle. She took a step back and landed right on the venomous reptiles. “My body instantly started going numb,” she said. She made it back to her uncle who rushed her to the emergency room. Oliphant spent four days in intensive care following the Oct. 27 accident. She is now walking with the help of crutches.
I have a degree in Media and Communications and the simple answer is this is the time we live in. It's more about networking and double-presence (one in a physical space and one in a virtual space), it's hard to understand without being a part of the culture, but cell phones are a way to constantly stay connected, get information and, well, avoid socially awkward situations. People said the same things you are about television, heck, I think it was Socrates who complained about writing, because people should remember what is important and writing derails that yada yada yada. This is the natural reaction to technological change: social change. If anything it'll get worse and we'll all probably function a lot more in the virtual sphere in the years to come. It's pretty cynical to think that art and culture are dying because of this. Art, music, quality will all continue to evolve. Also, "quality" is subjective. Humans are a species that has always relied on tools, this is the most recent.
Can you imagine how people felt when the radio or TV was commercialized and put into every home? How odd it must have seemed to the older generation that everyone is sitting in one room, yet not speaking to each other. Instead they are all staring in one direction.
people are way too connected for the most part. It is pretty comical to just look around at a restaurant, bar, or where ever and see everyone completely ignore each other and be completely unaware of their surroundings.
Yeah, that's actually a pretty recurrent criticism of the age we live in: that people take in less of the environment around them. I'm pretty sure they've done studies to prove it, but can't actually point you to any, because I've only vague recollections. I think one of the reasons this is, is because one of the big problems about this technological change is that there's a big focus on "me." With facebook and twitter, people tend to be sort of narcissistic and this sort of translates to how people interact with the world around them. Either way, we don't really have a choice, it's sort of adapt or get left behind. Man, it would've been totally bizarre. I think it's actually really exciting to live in this age, it's sort of like living when the industrial revolution sort of happened.
There was a story a couple of years ago about how Warren Buffett decided to quit carrying a cell phone for a month. After the month was up he said he was amazed at how much his communication actually improved. I like the way some people are stacking their cells together at the end of a table when they go out to eat so that nobody can their phone. Cell/smartphones are great, but we are becoming way too reliant on them and overusing them. I wish I didn't have one, but I really do need it for work these days.
And that is why it is very important to limit the amount of tv. The average person watches 33 hours of TV week...yet complains they don't have time to exercise or read a book. Instead of eating a meal in front of the TV, insist your family eats at the table - it improves family communication and relationships and vastly increases the odds that your children grow up to be more productive adults.
I'm not 100% sure on the minute details, but I remember reading somewhere that it's an assist as long as the player who receives the pass heads to the basket, that's why feeding to the post (for someone to pull out some post moves) sometimes counts as an assists. So, I guess that's the logic behind this one. Again not too sure. The lillard one though, there's no two ways about it.
Is this for me? I'm from Aus, so I studied a BA with a major in Media and Comm. and Phil. There's some truth to this, there have definitely been studies on how technology affects people's brains. Like, there was one study where, I think, there were two groups of people who wrote answers into a computer. One group was told the answered would be deleted after they stored the information and the other was told it would be stored. Afterwards the researchers asked the participants to remember the answers and the ones that were told the answers would be deleted scored much higher than the other group. Anecdotally, I think this is true, in that, I tend to dump information that I know can be easily accessed via computer. I don't know if this is a bad thing, but just a change to new technology.
It is sad, I don't think this a worldwide phenomena though. It has to do with American society, the society in the USA is F'ed up. People really do care more about their virtual life, then their real life. Plus we have this obsession with reality television which doesn't help. It numbs people in a way. I wish that more people lived for the present moment instead of checking on their virtual life and worrying about the Kardashians more then themselves. I know not all of America is like this, but they are taking over.
It is not an "American society".. it is the same in Europe, Asia and honestly, any area of the world that can readily afford smart phones. They are a wonderful creation.... but the consequences are not so good.... in short, yes OP, it is a major problem.
