Saved, and enslaved, by the cell
Interesting report on (yet another) side-effect of technological advance ...
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cell phone use may be making us less autonomous and less capable of solving problems on our own, even when the answers are right in front of us.
According to Christine Rosen, a senior editor at the journal New Atlantis and the author of "Our Cell phones, Ourselves," a recent article exploring the social effects of the mobile phone, the ease of obtaining instant advice encourages cell phone users to respond to any uncertainty, crucial or trivial, by dialing instead of deciding. The green sweater or the blue, pizza or Chinese, the bridge or the tunnel - why take responsibility for making up your own mind when you can convene a meeting in a minute?
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And at least I have a friend who still resists on having a mobile phone... guess he doesn't want to be enslaved (instead of saved) by the cell .. a wise choice probably :-)
