Are You Over Connected By Tom Chatfield Analysis

With technology on the rise, everything can be done in one click from the palms of our hands. Can you believe that we can make new friends by the click of a button? In the article, ‘Are you over-connected’, Tom Chatfield states that the ability of our phones to connect with people over long distances has caused a tremendous effect on our daily lives. We ignore the environment around us, not observing its unique properties and the danger it can bring, simply because the constant use of our phone tends to be more entertaining. Our heads are consistently at the same angle no matter where we are, at the bus station, supermarket or even in our workplace, being connected to our phones in order to gain access to our friends, family and many other entertaining resources. I strongly agree, and stand “shoulder-to-shoulder” with Mr Chatfield in his argument as he illustrates and points out that the overuse of technology will throw our lives down the
Why talk and mess up when u can text and perfect yourself? But the use of technology to communicate lack the use of emotions. For example, when most people text, they write “LOL” which means “laughing out loud” and there is not even a smile on their face. Also, families no longer have family meetings every Sundays to discuss any family issue, they are texting each other with their technologies on a WhatsApp group. Once again, technology eliminates the need to have a face to face conversation among family members-individuals who you are supposed to be relying for emotional support. In other instances, I personally have witnessed a group of friends sitting in the same room using their wireless technology to communicate with each other instead of talking. They portrayed no emotions whatsoever and if this cease to continue, then technology will surely replace face to face