I love how my entire life can be compacted into one little piece of machinery. Seriously. I can view my entire social circle with the press of a button. I can connect with people on the other side of the world by just speaking through an inanimate object. I can preserve memories with pictures and video. My cell phone is such an important part of my pants pocket. I carry it with me everywhere. My life is on that little device. The only way I know who my real friends are is by the amount of times I call or text them, and vice versa. Is that sad? Maybe it's just the way the modern world functions. I am sure that I am not the only person in the world to think that way. However, fifty years ago, things were different. People did not communicate with each other through a speaker or a keyboard. They physically went to each other's houses, looked them in the eyes, and had a conversation. In a way, communication back then seemed so ideal, so personal. Now, everything is robotic. But everything is also so CONVENIENT. For example, I have family across the Atlantic that I talk to once a week on the phone. However, if I was living in the 50's, I would only be able to talk to my family once a year. I cannot even imagine such a thing. And what about the actual way we communicate? I find myself proof reading my writing assignments with disgust because I have way too many "text words," such as g2g, replacing c with z, and so much more. All because of a cell phone.
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