Module 3 Post 2

I believe that technology has shaped the zeitgeist of the current generation in a major way. I was just at dinner the other night with my husband and I was observing a family at a table. Each one of the children in the family was on their phone! I believe that this generation is less engaged in some of the values that were perceived to be important to past generations. These values include personal interaction face to face, family time, and live engagement in live situations. Today's generation is glued to what is happening in everyone else's life and does not care to pay attention to what is happening right in front of their face. I think of all of the time, interaction and personal conversation that is missed out on when people are on their phones and seeking the company of technology instead of the company of the loved one in front of them. I speak with my own husband about this. Sometimes I really feel like I have to emphasize to him that there is life outside of his computer, Facebook, and video games. I guess I worry about what is going to happen to the way people connect with each other? Are people going to base interaction on how people make them feel over their phone or over the internet instead of how they make them feel in person? Are people going to forget the importance of spending one on one time with significant others and will people focus on connecting with each other electronic to electronic sitting side by side in the same location?