Canadians are getting increasingly addicted to their mobile devices. Vast amounts of information are constantly at our fingertips, yet it seems we still lack the wisdom to healthily limit our dependence on technology 鈥� not just for our own sake, but for the health of our society and environment as well.
According to a recent study, about eight in 10 smartphone owners said they don鈥檛 leave home without their mobile device. Two-thirds of them said they had used their phone every day in the past week. About 35 per cent said they鈥檇 become so reliant on mobile connectivity that they鈥檇 give up TV before having to part with their smartphone.
For many people, they often forget how to deal with parts of their lives when their mobile devices 鈥� which have become so central to their lives 鈥� have malfunctioned, or there is no service, or there is a larger technological issue affecting the community.
People go into a panic mode if there is a power outage, or if their phone battery dies. Simply, due to the dependence on these mobile devices, there has been a loss to our independence and intelligence.
As the Internet becomes the primary source of information, it is affecting people鈥檚 ability to read books and other narratives. Fewer children are playing outside due to video games, and they bring their portable video games to the playground.聽
Canadians generally have also become too dependent on online shopping or the ability to 鈥榪uick swipe鈥� to complete their shopping. Consider how many people had commented online that they felt lost, when recently Interact had issues with their e-transfer system. It completed unbalanced people鈥檚 lives.
