Attached to Technology

 Mr.Campbell is addicted to technology, which is an increasing problem in our ever-connected world. The internet is everywhere, from our phones to our iPod's we are always online. In this article Mr. Campbell and his family are successful in life, but becoming increasingly dependent on their devices. Not only is it hurting his life at home but also his business life, constantly missing emails from clients and getting distracted by twitter. A study by Stanford, reported multitaskers did a worse job than non-multitaskers. Only about 3% of the population can multitask efficiently, yet our brains are meant to "adapt." Mr.Campbell is not the only member of his family showing signs of media addiction. His son's grades began to dip and his wife has burned cookies due to availability of media at any time. Mrs. Campbell even hoped for an "unplugged" vacations, yet Mr. Campbell could not handle being offline and quickly went back to his iPhone. The problem is that people have access to e-mail and social media all the time, and mostly it is more interesting then what they should be doing. As I right this, Facebook is open on another tab and I have notification, yet i will fight the urge and finish this blog. With all the media outlets constantly at our fingertips, it is easy to get bored and want to find something new. That is human nature, we are adapting to handle more information, but right now it seems to be hurting rather then helping our culture. People would rather chat on Facebook then see each other or even talk on the phone. So I think the real evil here is the lack of personal contact, not all the information, it is the wanting to be somewhere else or with someone else. Now back to that notification......