“It turns girls on that I’m mysterious. I tell ’em I don’t want nothing serious. ‘Cause even on a slow day I can have a three-way chat with two woman at one time. I’m so much cooler online.” ~Brad Paisley
Do you think all this technology — all this social media — has made us more physically anti-social?
There are six of us sitting in a relatively small room but there is no conversation going on. Instead we are all nose-deep in our screens, wrapped up in the small lives and exorbitant lies of people tweeting, or Facebooking, or Instagramming, or pinning deep, insightful memes on their Pinterest walls. Or if it’s not that it’s texting other people who are in the same room.
But too many of us are afraid of public speaking. Or even going up to someone and introducing ourselves. Give us their names, though, and we will friend them, or follow their blog, or however else we can make a connection. JUST DON’T MAKE US TALK TO THEM IN PERSON. That’s just cruel and unusual punishment.
I mean, who dances in the clubs anymore? Who has real-life conversations with real people in restaurants instead of texting them because it’s more convenient? We don’t even have the somewhat social aspect of the internet cafe anymore because our phones have made them obsolete. The phones are smart, but by having them does that make us stupid?
And I’ll admit it — I like all this technology when it works like it’s supposed to, and when it’s in moderation. I find myself checking my phone even when it hasn’t vibrated yet, and I worry that someday I’ll need a 12-step group to wean myself from so much constant reliance on it. I worry that if I don’t have the latest version with the most recent updates I am falling behind the times and others are moving far past me. Technologically speaking.
Hi. My name is Sam. And I like to actually talk to people. Is there something wrong with that?
Sam
P.S. – Yes, I recognize the irony of saying that via a blog.
Sam's Online Journal 
Yes, this is one of those problems where I am contributing while I also feel it’s sad how our culture operates now. I sometimes fear it’ll only get worse, but I hope that maybe it’ll actually swing back in the other direction a bit.
I have a hard time seeing it swing back in the other direction. We only go forward, never backward, for what that’s worth. Whether or not it’s actually a good thing. I recognize the irony in it.