We had our wireless net set to turn off @ 9pm every night when kids lived at homeTrue, it is a parents responsibility to try prevent exposure to the grimternet but all best intentions go to waste with the ease of which they can gain access these days.
I think the common man could easily readapt to a pre-internet way of life but industry and commerce would suffer greatly.Hard one to answer that..
Workwise and advancement wise, I would say perhaps not.. it enables us to do things.. that where unimaginable years ago..
Then i look at the youngsters holed up in their rooms gaming for hours upon end.. and think back to my childhood, when i couldn't wait to get outside with my mates, on my bike..
So.... as i said hard one to answer..
Says it all really about where we are with things and where life is headed.I restrict our lads internet to an hour to hour and half of internet but only after school work. And weekends he's always on FaceTime to his mates when he's not out playing football etc. But that's how much life has changed.
Must admit there are that many social media platforms now a days that everyone is on it takes more time updating them than actually talking to people. Went out for a meal with my girls on Saturday and the table opposite was full of young girls snap chatting everything they did, all pouting and preening, taking pictures. Don't think we heard them talk at all.
For work purposes it's great makes getting information to customers quicker and easier. I would be lost without it, but I think I could cope if I didn't have it.
Says it all really about where we are with things and where life is headed.
I used to say - the art of conversation is not lost, it's behind the T.V. Now I say it's behind the smart phone.
Social media. What's social about social media? There is nothing social about social media.
We use it for business reasons but personally we dropped it a long time ago.
Our youngest two don't have access to social media. Yes they have phones and tablets which are monitored by me. But I refuse to allow our 14 year old any social media accounts.
No instagram, no FB, nothing apart from his iPhone / iMessages and ****** to keep in touch with friends/school/cadets etc.
The fact you went for a meal and saw a bunch of girls all taking pics and pouting, instead of enjoying their meal and chatting, just says it all about what technology is doing.
I've lost count how many children I've almost hit with the car when driving, because they walk around - right hand and thumbs hammering their keyboards, heads down, and have NO concept of their surroundings.
Dangerous.
Of course, we as a business need the Net. It's what we do.
But I've been working in I.T and the Internet for a very long time now. I don't like what it's done to society or us as people.
Of course it's down to individuals to manage their time online and what they do, but let's face it, while the Internet is an amazing thing and tool for global knowledge- it's also sucking the life, soul, and spirit out of people and communities.
When was the last time you saw people actually saying good morning or hello when they pass each other in the street?
I worry for the younger generation and Millennials as they have NO idea of real life.
Everything is "Google it" and we all know the saying;
A little bit of knowledge....
just my thoughts on it personally.
I think it's fair to say that the online world is a schizophrenic world!
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