Why the Information Age Is Reducing Us to Googalized Zombies

The tragic irony of the information age is the immovable fact that we are becoming babbling idiots. One might think the rapid pace of technological advancement would bring us out of Plato's Allegory of the Cave, alas, the opposite seems to be happening. We are today perpetually distracted by the shiny new technology that is saturating our mind in such a that we are no longer able to form independent thoughts. Welcome to the Brave New World of texting, tweeting, iPhones, iPads, Laptops, Facebook, Tumbler, Instagram, and an endless array of devices that keep us constantly distracted.