Social Consequences of Advancing Technology

Technology, particularly the smartphone, has become a pivot part in the average persons life. We have developed a dependence on our devices and use them to solve most of our problems whether that be driving directions, answering a curious question, or settling a riveting debate with someone else. The smartphone has eliminated some of our most basic human to human interactions because anything we need can be found in the palm of our hand.  Today we see people sitting next to each other not even interacting until something interesting arises from their mobile device.
This type of living hurts our social skills because it eliminates our need to interact. Smartphones, although very useful for many reasons, can be more harmful to our way of living than helpful. Some people even will go as far to say that they feel like something is missing from their lives when they are separated from their cell phone. This type of dependence on a device hurts our social skills and we should make an attempt to take a break from our technology see the world outside the screen.