There’s no question that as a society, we’re addicted to technology. That was evident when the earliest versions of BlackBerry smartphones were given a nickname I won’t repeat here.
Most technophiles are familiar with the term. It equated the devices with an illicit street drug, and alluded to users’ seeming inability to refrain from cradling them in their hands and constantly checking for new emails or calendar updates even when engaged in live conversations with other humans.
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The Cure for Technology Addiction
Posted by: Sidney Hill May 30, 2011 05:00 AMThere’s no question that as a society, we’re addicted to technology. That was evident when the earliest versions of BlackBerry smartphones were given a nickname I won’t repeat here.
Most technophiles are familiar with the term. It equated the devices with an illicit street drug, and alluded to users’ seeming inability to refrain from cradling them in their hands and constantly checking for new emails or calendar updates even when engaged in live conversations with other humans.