AA wrote:My bad. I meant to say it three times.
Which still doesn't give it the proper focus it should have.
The article was good, but having a flip phone is just as ridiculous as ogling your phone every 62 seconds. As I was reading it, I kept calling it part noble cause, part annoying nanny state liberalism with sprinkles of the newly chic white guilt. I've long preached to mentees and anyone else who will listen, leadership has its roots in preparation, execution and mindfulness. People nowadays conflate being alone with being lonely. So, they plug in every waking hour getting bombarded with idiotic drivel or curated news. They can wind up reciting "facts" (maybe, if they're lucky...mostly it's just reciting pop culture information), but don't really take the time to get quiet and sort through all the information and figure out what THEY believe or how things all fit together.
I don't have any problem turning away from the net or social apps, but I also have lived fully before the advent of these technologies. I do sympathize with the younger generation. The mode of communication for most of them is solely via text, chat or Snap. These kids couldn't get away from their phones if they tried because no one in their peer group is away from their phones...except for that cute but boring very religious girl and that home-schooled kid who is decent at soccer, but you don't feel like sitting next to at the pizza spot after practice. Their cutting of the cord is much harder than it is for me...but it is necessary to fully mature intellectually, imo.
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.
