Misery in the 21st Century

Readings
I read through the article and I do agree with a lot of what the author wrote down. The picture wherein two people are staring at their laptops struck me because I often notice that. If it's not a laptop, it's a mobile phone or sound blasting in their ears or sometimes two of the things above at the same time. I find it really sad, really. In a party, you'll see someone sitting in the corner, busy with his/her mobile or listening to his/her MP3 player that they shut out the rest of the world. If that's what's happening right now, think the generations after us.

For those of you who have been following this blog, you would probably get the idea that I'm partially against SMS as an effective means of communication. First, because it's so tiring, having to press all those buttons if instead I could just say what I wanted to convey (which by the way takes about 1/10 of the time and energy you exerted on the same message). If you want to talk to me, you'd either have to call me or talk to me personally. Otherwise, 90% of the time, I won't reply to text messages. And yes, I agree with reason #3 in the article.

I have been thinking of the same things for a long time now but haven't been able to put it on paper coherently. This article reflects pretty much what I've been thinking and more.