For many of us, this probably sounds like your worst nightmare, but I think the family may have the right idea in this situation. Their kids are reading more and playing outside instead of sitting on the couch and playing video games all day, although they are allowed to play Super Mario. I think living like this family for a week would open a lot of people’s eyes about how addicted they have become to technology. Now people are so concerned with being connected at all times, that they miss out on other important parts of their lives.
Friday, January 29, 2016
Live Like It's 1986
I was recently on BuzzFeed and I came across an article that I thought was very interesting. I was about a family that decided that they were going to live only with the technology they had in 1986, for a whole year. The reason the couple chose to do this is because they felt that their children were obsessed with their iPads and iPhones. They used old phones instead of smartphones, encyclopedias, radios, and they even did their banking in person. Anyone who visits them also has to hand over their electronic devices until they decide to leave.
For many of us, this probably sounds like your worst nightmare, but I think the family may have the right idea in this situation. Their kids are reading more and playing outside instead of sitting on the couch and playing video games all day, although they are allowed to play Super Mario. I think living like this family for a week would open a lot of people’s eyes about how addicted they have become to technology. Now people are so concerned with being connected at all times, that they miss out on other important parts of their lives.
For many of us, this probably sounds like your worst nightmare, but I think the family may have the right idea in this situation. Their kids are reading more and playing outside instead of sitting on the couch and playing video games all day, although they are allowed to play Super Mario. I think living like this family for a week would open a lot of people’s eyes about how addicted they have become to technology. Now people are so concerned with being connected at all times, that they miss out on other important parts of their lives.
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Maybe 10 years ago, there was a PBS program called "1900 House" or something like that. The point was that an ordinary family went to live in a home that was straight out of 1900. 1900 seems soooo long ago, but it is interesting that 1986, in terms of technology is also AGES ago. In other words, it seems like technology is making these chasms of distance over shorter periods of time. Fascinating!
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't quite say that living without technology for a week would show people how addicted they are to it, but that it would make them realize how second nature it has become over the last two decades. It isn't necessarily that we are addicted; we are just so used to having a lot of technology around that we don't really notice the advanced lifestyle we pursue.
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