Do you think Americans today are more isolated due to technology?
Of course I do! I actually did an experiment a month ago for a full mon-fri week of not using my phone or social network unless it was for work or school purposes and I was beside myself. I feel like it has definitely isolated us because some of us can be on our phones or internet for hours. My boyfriend and I actually have to go on dates without our cell phones sometimes just so that we are not distracted sometimes. Even if we only touch our phones out of habit, even though we have no notifications or anything. I always joke that our evolution poster of man is going to go from the caveman, to human, to a human with their neck built permanently down because everyone is constantly looking down at their phones, computers, tablets, etc.
I feel children are more so isolated though based on gaming, and social networks, and everything else because it lets them escape school and maybe some drama dealing with their school peers and everything.
I do think it will get worse, I just hope that parents try to install some of the old school morals and lessons in their children as I plan to do when I have kids just to keep them grounded and not caught up in all the technology to where they lose social skills.
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