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Image courtesy:\u00a0Gio Vanimarmitte<\/a><\/p>\n

In Google type in “smartphones and relationships”. I guarantee you the first 5-10 links will be about why new technology is so bad, and how does it ruin our social lives. Don’t believe me? Well… way to ruin this relationship. On a more serious note, people have always complained about technology threatening social, in-person interaction. But does it really, or do we just not know how to use it?<\/p>\n

After reading\u00a0Perpetual Contact : Mobile Communication, Private Talk, Public Performance<\/a>, the concept of progressive privatization<\/em>\u00a0has really caught my attention. Even though the authors connect this specific concept with technologies of monological presence, I view this concept as a part of user customization process. Any new technology needs time to acclimate, and while something like a smartphone does drag the users out of the current moment of their lives, the extent always depends on the individual’s choice.<\/p>\n

Just like books did years ago, smartphones will eventually make everyone’s social lives more colorful. In my opinion, people will learn to filter the unnecessary distraction, and will eventually becoming more efficient and more knowledgable about the world around them. With all types of new information at their fingertips people will always feel the need to share it with others for social approval. This is where, just like people acknowledged books, people will start recognizing the value of taking some distraction time, to grow your inner self. You might argue that with all this efficiency, people will not have any time for every-day progressive incidents. However, they are called incidents for a reason, and the more one is involved, the more action is present in that person’s life.<\/p>\n

To conclude, a smartphone is nothing but a set of tools available to an individual. How he\/she chooses to use those tools, and to what extent, is always a personal decision.<\/p>\n\n

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