why?

What is it about technology that "makes us" want to be plugged in all the time? Why do we feel the need to be plugged in?

We live in a "wired" age now. We're always plugged in. There is no escaping technology.

Well, you could move to a mountain and become a hermit. However, this is not without some drawbacks.

But just because we are wired, does it really mean we need to be?

I remember my childhood days when my family would discuss the day while having dinner. This was the typical nuclear family.

This does not happen anymore. The nuclear family has super-novaed.

These days, around the dinner table, kids are poking with their iDevices and so are the parents.

What went wrong?

People laughed at the phrase: the geeks shall inherit the earth. Wo, who's laughing now? It's Revenge of the Nerds folks. People poked fun at the nerds, now they're getting revenge :)

It is time we learned to live *with* technology, not live for technology.