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meanwhile, on Reddit...

http://www.reddit.com/r/WTF/comments/2v31f1/a_lighthearted_moment_from_a_childrens_bible/

rooemoore says

This is a good thing. People being "addicted' to this technology may or may not be real. If you suddenly took away everyone's smart phones, most folks would be fine after a few days of getting used to it.

Until the day when the phone has an A.I., personal digital assistant. When that happens, that app will most likely end up becoming one's best friend. I think that was a big part of the movie, 'Her', where the guy actually falls in love with his PDA.

Rin says

rooemoore says

This is a good thing. People being "addicted' to this technology may or may not be real. If you suddenly took away everyone's smart phones, most folks would be fine after a few days of getting used to it.

Until the day when the phone has an A.I., personal digital assistant. When that happens, that app will most likely end up becoming one's best friend. I think that was a big part of the movie, 'Her', where the guy actually falls in love with his PDA.

So you are saying that it is not a problem now? But... you just said it was a problem. Now you are saying it will only be a problem when we live in a world that may never exist? Explain.

rooemoore says

Rin says

rooemoore says

This is a good thing. People being "addicted' to this technology may or may not be real. If you suddenly took away everyone's smart phones, most folks would be fine after a few days of getting used to it.

Until the day when the phone has an A.I., personal digital assistant. When that happens, that app will most likely end up becoming one's best friend. I think that was a big part of the movie, 'Her', where the guy actually falls in love with his PDA.

So you are saying that it is not a problem now? But... you just said it was a problem. Now you are saying it will only be a problem when we live in a world that may never exist? Explain.

It starts with the decline of *human* communications.

Today, unlike only two years, I seldom speak to ppl on the phone.

Before, there was a voice and some chemistry which went back/forth. And this was good because given everyone's busy schedule, meeting up at the pub wasn't always doable. Thus, the first wave of cell phones became the CB radio but for the masses than just the trucking community.

In time, 1 or 2 sentence texts, started to replace whole conversations. Now sure, I know that the person is alive but my interactions have turned into newsreel highlights than a conversation. Thus, the amazing benefit of a cell phone, for the sake of human communication, has deteriorated into making each person, look like line item, not too different from a bakery's coupon specials.

Now, add a few years to the narrative ... the PDA becomes that human voice, which was missing during the earlier age of texting. And then, that PDA can actually text my friends for me. And vice versa, their PDAs will be conversing with mine via texts or multi-media files. Finally, my main friend will be a PDA given enough time.