No Cell Phone? No Internet? No life.

                                                  No Cell Phone? No Internet? No life.

                                                     

Carr once stated that without technology an individual from this new high-tech era pretty much becomes nonexistent. If you asked any high school or college student their thoughts on the matter they would definitely agree. Starting as early as middle school if not sooner every kid has a cell phone.  As cell phones have become more popular over the years the number of families with house phones has decreased dramatically.  Therefore, in order to get in touch with anyone now a days you must have a cell phone. Without a cell phone a kid has no way to interact with friends or family unless internet is available. Moreover, without a cell phone making plans with any friends becomes very challenging, and almost like a chore. You have to go out of your way to talk to anybody rather than just speed dialing your closest friends.

The internet has also become a heavy influence on the lives of many individuals. “The cloud,” the internet, is filled with countless social media websites. These sites have become a part of many people’s everyday lives. They impact how people interact with one another, the friends we have, and individual’s social lives altogether. The internet has become as important as the cell phone when it comes to interacting with friends. People meet on the internet, and make plans here. One of the most popular sites at the moment is said to be Facebook. People are judged on their Facebook accounts and can even lose a job over the information they post on their pages. Without a Facebook, or any other social media account individuals again will have a hard time contacting anyone or making plans for that matter. Without both a cell phone and no internet access a person’s social life is at a very high risk for being nonexistent if it already is not. 

        I have to say I also agree with Carr’s idea that without technology we can become invisible and nonexistent pretty much. I am even testing this out myself. I have deactivated my own Facebook to see this for myself. However, I have not turned my cell phone off which makes a huge difference in the whole theory of becoming nonexistent. I cannot bring myself to turn it off; turning off my Facebook was already hard enough. Since I have turned it off a few of my close friends almost immediately started asking what was going on with me; as if turning my Facebook off was the end of the world. Other than that I have not talked to too many people recently. It has only been a week so far but not having a Facebook is just weird to me. Due to the fact that it has only been a week I cannot say how much more invisible I have become since I turned my account off, but if I see any results I will be re-editing this blog. I do already feel out of sync with the rest of the world a little I am not going to lie. Facebook was my way of easily seeing what was going on with my friends and family. Now, without Facebook I am just out of the “the loop”. This is easily bearable since individuals have been living without social media websites since the dawn of time, but for me living in this day and age it is just awkward not to be a part of social media websites.

-Britney Villafane