Society has the equivalent to Post Traumatic Stress Disorder when it comes to internet communication. At first it was shocking and scary, sometimes offensive but we continued to experience more. Perhaps by force in the beginning but ultimately the new form on online communication became second nature. To the point that if we remove ourselves from the battlefield of technology we struggle to adapt, similar to soldiers when they return from war.
What's changed is that we fail to realize we are addicted to internet communication. Sure we laugh at the idea of going a day without email or heaven forbid, Google. But we don't really know unless we are forced to go without. Have you ever lost your phone, it's the most frustrating thing. The feeling of helplessness over an object that fits in your pocket. WOW. If your car breaks down you call a friend and manage to make it through the day without transportation but the feelings just don't compare to the loss of wireless communication with the world.
Make no mistake, I love everything about my internet communication, but I do wonder how far removed I've become with society and how much closer I've with digital sources of information.
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I lost my phone once, lol. It was a horrible experience. I felt hopeless. At what point do you think we'll be too old to learn about all these new digital sources?
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