The Cyber World: A Nice Place to Visit, but You Shouldn't Want to Live There

How often have you observed someone mesmerized by their smart phone when they should be focusing upon their driving, walking or whatever else they may be doing instead? Have you noticed that, every time you access an interactive website, some of the same people seem to always be on-line, on any given day and at any hour?

There is nothing wrong with interacting and accessing information via the internet; however, an excessive amount of anything usually has a negative impact upon one's life. Those who fail to maintain control over a situation may be unaware that the situation has begun to control them.

The ability to socialize and share ideas and events with others via the internet provides a wonderful opportunity for those who, through no fault of their own, are physically isolated or constrained. But, for those for whom physical interaction with others is readily accessible, the cyber world should never be given precedence over the real world.

Perhaps we should spend less time with our high-tech monitor, keyboard and mouse and more time doing some of the things people did when a monitor was someone who maintained order in the school hallway, a keyboard was a place where car keys and house keys were hung, and a mouse was a tiny rodent. Socializing is wonderful. It is even more wonderful when done in person - face to face.