Harlan J. Hunter
ASIN: B01IQEB71C
Publisher: Harlan J. Hunter
Pages: 160
In this day and age, most people over the age of ten have their eyes glued to their smartphones while eating, walking, lying in bed, using the restroom and taking a bath. (No doubt, that’s why phone insurance plans cover water damage.) The disease of cell phone addiction, the checking and using of our phones compulsively, is spreading faster than the five-day flu. The use of smartphones has enabled texting to be the preferred form of communication, replacing talking to those we know or love. And watch out when you are included in a group text message because in a flash there will be an electronic tsunami! My fear is that the skills of verbal communication and writing are slowly being rendered nugatory by electronic devices. Ones being joined at the hip with a variety of social media sites can lead to creating artificial relationships. The back and forth banter on these sites almost ...