Richtel's article "Attached to technology and paying a price" is a rather interesting article about the Campbell family's technology usage. It seems like just to much tech in a day, especially for Mr. Campbell, who seems to be constantly on his phone or computer. But also the whole family are constantly using their phones, laptops, and playing video games. Even the daughter, who is only in second grade, will get on her laptop and zone completely out and not even hear her mother calling her name. They forget about other things going on because they get stuck in the use of their technology, for example Mrs. Campbell forgot about baking cooks twice and burnt both batches. They don't seem to have much family time, or time without getting involved with their phones. It's an obsession that seems that it can't be stopped, even though the article says you can rewire the brain, the Campbell's are fixed with their technology. It is the entire part of their life. It's amazing how involved they are with technology.
Lots of people are having, like a type of ADHD/obsession, towards checking their phones or facebook or having multiple tabs open at once, and going back and forth through them. It is a part of today's technology use. Trying to mulitask these things usually contributes to poorer school work or other outside work. The work can easily be interrupted.
I love technology and I am majoring in IT, but I think that this is just too much. For me, logging onto my laptop for only a short period of the day is enough to read my emails, checkup on recent news and sports and a check a few other web sites that I enjoy.
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