{"id":1310,"date":"2014-10-06T16:25:48","date_gmt":"2014-10-06T20:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/?p=1310"},"modified":"2015-02-08T18:41:23","modified_gmt":"2015-02-08T23:41:23","slug":"is-social-technology-driving-a-wedge-between-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/is-social-technology-driving-a-wedge-between-us\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Social Technology Driving a Wedge Between Us?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Are we abbreviating the fullness of our relationships when we limit interactions to text.\u00a0 Are we truncating more than words when we \u201ctty?\u201d How do we contain our sense of emotion let alone effectively relay all that can be passed along verbally or even nonverbally as we \u201cLOL.\u201d\u00a0 Anyone who has searched a while for just that right emoticon understands the limits of this system.\u00a0 Still we revert to it.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Qqa9RxxlBdw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Of late there seems to be more of a trend to take the challenge to put down the personal devices and go off the grid for a week or even a day.\u00a0 Albeit challenging, doing so can be freeing, but typically the effects are temporary.\u00a0 Seldom does this act alone seem to impact long term behavior. It makes me wonder if we are more concerned with proving that we have willpower, than finding a way to adjust the behavior to change the habit and underlying pull.\u00a0 In many ways it sadly mirrors and addict\u2019s plea \u201cI can quite anytime, and often he or she has done so, many times.<\/p>\n<p>It is an interesting conundrum.\u00a0 It seems we long for peace, connection, information and other advantages that technological advances give us. \u00a0\u00a0The truth is these technologies have their advantages. Certainly, information is one of the benefits over our slower and antiquated options.\u00a0 No longer do we have to wait to head to the library and dig through a card catalog to find a book which may or may not be checked out by someone else in order to answer a pressing question such as \u201cwhy is the sky blue.\u201d When my four year old daughter proclaimed, mid-conversation, \u201cjust ask google,\u201d I realized how profoundly integrated information technology has become into our lives.\u00a0 It seems that that Google is indeed more than a household name, it is more like a personal assistant and may be taking the place of picking up the phone and reaching out to someone who might know.\u00a0 As a matter of fact, we presume we will get more accurate information from the internet than from someone we know.\u00a0 In the end, I highly doubt that we are interested in or ready to give up these devices we have learned to rely on for these reasons and more.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps we should all just become more mindful of the impact of the way we use social networking technologies on our relationships and overall lives. The trouble is I am not sure we are in a position to fully see how we limit our experiences by relying on these technological advances. Experts are studying how this new style of communication is changing language development and the nature of forming relationships.\u00a0 Though there are preliminary findings that these experiences are changing, the jury is out as to the level of ill effects.\u00a0 Time will tell and recommendations for remedies will be made.<\/p>\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/dRl8EIhrQjQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<p>Meanwhile, I encourage us all to take a step back and observe, not only others behavior but reflect on our own.\u00a0 These videos provide food for thought.\u00a0 I\u2019d love to hear about your challenges with and experiences of balancing the technologies in your life.\u00a0 Please share your thoughts below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Are we abbreviating the fullness of our relationships when we limit interactions to text.\u00a0 Are we truncating more than words when we \u201ctty?\u201d How do we contain our sense of emotion let alone effectively relay all that can be passed along verbally or even nonverbally as we \u201cLOL.\u201d\u00a0 Anyone who has searched a while for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1310","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YyuX-l8","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1310"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1313,"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1310\/revisions\/1313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1310"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1310"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/mymindfulwayoflife.com\/blog4\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}