today I sent 298 texts i retweeted 5
tweets and liked another 18 I took 7
selfies for woodhead filters on them I
liked 76 photos but only bother to read
the captions of 10 today I spent more
time interacting with people inside of a
screen rather than outside how many of
you can relate to this oh come on hands
up I’m pretty sure most of you have had
this technology is advancing quickly
cars are driving themselves and robots
with human-like expressions are being
created we’re relying more and more on
digital advancements that eliminate the
need for human interaction spending more
time on our devices and actually talking
to our friends I fear will eventually
not be able to tell the difference
between a human with a heart and a
machine with a software humans need to
make sure we define ourselves as living
and not artificial as we make new
discoveries and create alternate
learning and everyday tools we stray
farther and farther away from reality to
ensure a future in a world rapidly
producing products one step ahead of the
next we must take at least these three
steps to prevent a downfall number one
unplug in an article by writer Andrew
Sullivan he describes his struggle to
disconnect from technology after
becoming sick four times in 12 months
with bronchial infections due to his
inability to focus on himself and what’s
real he decided it was time for a change
Sullivan signed up for a meditation
retreat let go of extreme connectivity
he described struggle to disconnect but
also talked about the extreme benefit it
presented once he learned how to adapt
Sullivan later wrote about a smaller
precise 2015 study the huffington posted
on 23 young adults participants are
found to be using their phones five
hours a day at 85 separate times most of
these interactions were for less than 30
seconds but they add up they thought
they use their phones half as much as
they actually did this shows that we are
model aware of how much time we spend
the living in a screen but whether they
were aware of it or not studies show
that technology had seized around
one-third of these young adults waking
hours in many studies it has been proven
that more time connected through phones
tablets and television equals higher
rates of obesity depression and anxiety
we don’t take the time to look out for
our health because if you let them where
we work out the more we miss out on many
young adults and children are spending
more time in front of a screen and one
YouTube video leads to the next and we
end up sitting for hours straight
watching cat videos media such as
instagrams and Facebook’s can cause
depression due to the post that people
filter their lives through normally the
tough times are not seen by a follower
only connects to friends through the
media those cleese people questioning
where others lives are so great and
doubting why ours isn’t many studies
have proven that belonging to community
groups in which people interact with
peers on a regular basis can help to
relieve this warm with depression in a
list published with the help of
psychologists Deborah sareini it
mentions media as one of the six things
that helped to worsen depression a
recommended fix this was to only reflect
of posts and articles and read one’s
comfortable with how many of you have a
awesome now put them away so I know
you’re listening to me I’m guilty of it
too being away from these devices causes
anxiety the separation option makes us
feel like we’re missing out on so much I
hope I have my phone by me even for just
a little bit I can’t resist the
temptation to take a look at it in a
study done by the non-profit anxiety UK
it mentions anxiety as one thing that is
causing depression and anxiety
forty-five percent of people polled so
that they felt uncomfortable or worried
when media such as Facebook was not
accessible molla mindset did another
study in which seventy-three percent of
people said they would panic if they
lost their smartphones I recently went
on a church retreat I learned I had to
give up my phone for the weekend the
week leading up to the retreat I became
so nervous as letting told my phone
because I’m so connected to its inside
of it rather than what’s outside I
realized I not only need it but I depend
on it I view it is necessary to check
time take pic
or for light but the retreat allowed me
to see that they’re healthy alternatives
watches cameras and flashlights for
whenever we turn on our phones to just
check the time we end up on media and
texting people instead we need to unplug
from our forms of technology make room
for less virtual reality and more
reality less space times and more
face-to-face the second way to ensure a
healthy future is to meditate unplugging
doesn’t just mean letting go it means
taking the time to let go of what isn’t
real and come back to it is you it goes
back to the traditional style of making
time to relax with the future presenting
new creations we need to study ourselves
for them if too much is thrown at us to
quickly we will become overwhelmed with
the prospect of how to use them and how
they will affect our everyday lives to
mentally prepare we should take at least
15 minutes each day to be in silence
reflect over a day and think about where
we’re going I’d like you all to close
your eyes just for 15 seconds and try to
disconnect don’t think about anything
other than yourself and I will let you
you may open your eyes how many of you
had trouble disconnecting even for just
a short period of time whew okay it can
be hard but it is essential to keeping
true to our human spirit and a quickly
changing society this will allow us to
analyze ourselves and better understand
others and disconnect from the quickly
moving world online there’s a quote by
David Lynch that says the thing about
meditation is you become more and more
you and that’s the exact purpose of it
we become so involved in everyone else
through the connectivity we have that we
lose sight of who we are last but not
least the third point is spending
quality time with family and friends two
bracelets for innovation I know it
sounds sappy but it’s time to go old
school remember those days as a little
kid where you sit around your family
dinner table and ask each other about
their days I do those days are few and
far now due to busy schedules and time
with technology many families are
spending increasingly more time in front
of a screen rather than actually talking
to each other we’re all engaged so much
in the media does a little time we do
have together we spend texting people or
scrolling through Twitter feeds family
game nights new be brought back and so
to talks at the dinner table creating
real bonds with people are more
important than some snapchat story ever
will be a family time is important but
it can even come to disconnecting with
people who aren’t virtually edited and
filtered can you name six of your
neighbors you actually talk to them I
find myself talking more to people five
to five hundred miles away then those a
few steps from my front door it seems
easier to send a text to your friend in
New York then have a continuous
conversation with your next-door
neighbor in the past children will be
found playing outside with neighbors as
time went by and technology progressed
more kids are found playing inside on
video games even between ten years much
has changed as I used to see kids
playing outside all the time when I was
five but at 15 I rarely see anyone
outside a study done by dr. jim taylor
proves that narcissism is fueled by
technology our generation is more
narcissistic than ever before all the
time spent absorbing screens has
that the amount of actual human
interaction that children have best
limiting them a vital life experience is
needed to develop social skills such as
empathy compassion and consideration for
others our generation will be exposed to
more technology that can destroy us if
we do not deepen our core values in the
article it mentions that social media
does not necessarily create narcissists
but may provide new venues to reinforce
narcissistic tendencies mobile
technology may be transforming us all
into raving narcissists as of right now
a lot of society operates like robots
not humans and that needs to be fixed we
need to be aware of how whatever we
create will affect us and we need to put
humans as I priority over any technology
we to control the technology not the
vice versa in conclusion we are not on
the road to success as the most seem to
think society is on a path to only lead
to destruction if we do not take the
time and effort to fix it currently we
are headed towards obesity depression
anxiety and pure chaos we’re trying to
balance everything multitasking virtual
with reality but as new innovations are
created we will soon find that plan to
fail to prepare for the future we as a
collective whole need to make time to
meditate unplug and spend time with
family and friends for me what’s next is
strengthening my core values and
connecting with what I know is real I’ve
begun to turn off my phone while doing
homework by doing this it brings me
relief and peace I’m spending more time
with my family and have making more time
for myself I’m quickly learning if I can
do things right today I’m making way for
a great tomorrow what small changes can
you make today that will have a lasting impact on your future