How sitting with your phone can maintain roots.

At this point most readers will likely grow weary of the negativity and gloomy analysis of everything terrible about screens. So there must surely be positive sides to discuss. Is it a balanced amount of pros and cons with this technology or is my own subjective cynicism affecting the scale?

(copyright istockphoto.com) What is likely the most apparent advantage is the interconnectivity social media provides. Especially when it is needed as a backup system in the case of, some sort of catastrophe, such as a pandemic….

Social outreach, civil rights organization, the sharing of concepts and friendship can all be obtained instantaneously with a single pay wall. The concern is the diluted nature of the social connections. Are they as valuable, or are they diminished and false in some way? Or is the value of them in the initial connection which can lead to a personal connection in real life?

The advantages of social connection on a screen is the initialization of contact. Especially the reinvigoration of a friendship that has been dormant. I think it can be safely said that the middle part of a digital-only social connection is lacking.

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