Cell Phones!
P.S. to Mr. Rich, I wrote a blog last week, but am now deleting it.
Cell phones are a marvelous thing. They have wonderful calendars on it, as well as hundreds of games, and many more added bonuses. Most importantly, they allow anyone, anywhere in the world to communicate with everyone, everywhere in the world, as long as they get service. I have been up in the mountains for the last 3 days and have watched with amusement the effect of cell phones. In the mountains I was in, every cell phone did not recieve reception, no matter who the service providers were. This means that although the clock, calendar, and games worked, no one could recieve or send text messages, recieve calls or call people. For the most part, the 70-some-odd of us were so busy, that we did not have time to worry too much about it, although some were more distressed than others. The most entertaining part though, was the bus ride home. Many people had their "mobiles" out and text message ready, waiting to recive reception. For minutes on end, they sat on the edges of their seat, postitioning their mobiles in different positions, trying to see which service provider provided service first. My friend and I watched amused, and were grateful we had not become so dependent on the 1/2" by 4" devices. What ceases to amaze me though, is how something so relatively new, has become such a big part of most people's lives. It just shows how much our world is changing when you have millions of people working with things, like computers, for instance, that weren't even around when they were born. All though cell phones are a marvelous thing, they also come with a few negitive effects if one let's them. Many people are losing planning skills, and instead of planning ahead, they call their friend 5 minutes before, on the way there, to let them know they are comming. On the other hand, that is a nice ability to be able to do that. As in many cases in the world today, we need to look at both the positive and the negitive consequences in the world around us.