Does this describe you?

[capo7]

When I take the time to look up from my cell phone, I see it everywhere.

People immersed in social media, oblivious to the world around them. What got me thinking was an experience in a restaurant this weekend, observing a family of five who spent the entire meal looking at the cellphones in their laps. Conversation? Screw that, I’ve need to see how many notifications I’ve got.

People now overshare every moment of every day, documenting every action online down to the quality of their latest dump. Seems we can’t eat, sleep or sit on the crapper without being connected.

What is the price of being constantly connected? The world of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, (TI), etc. has us “checking in” for notifications, likes and follows with alarming frequency. There is no doubt that this is causing a huge shift in the way people communicate, and that it also is causing stress, anxiety and lost productivity.

Thanks to the user who suggested the book Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. It depicts this issue taken to its extreme, a world in which everyone is immersed in an alternate virtual reality.

#rantover, must check email.