The Technology Addiction

I even have to admit it, I am a technology addict. I say I can get by without my phone, iPod, internet and so on. But that's a lie.

When I lose my phone, I'm freaking out to the max until I find it. when I lose my iPod, I almost cry. When the internet is down at my house, I can't help but sneak peeks while at school. Technology has taken up a large part of my life. I was only ever really introduced to it when I was ten, getting my first msn account, when I was 12 getting my first facebook, when I was 13 getting my first iPod... and when I was 14 getting my first cell phone, when I was 15 and got my first laptop... The list goes on. And I have grown to live with these items as a necessity so when my laptop broke, I didn't know what to do with myself.

            I find it quite sad that I’m like this. But I know people who are worse. Who are even 10X worse than that. Why has this dependency been created? It was once a luxury- being able to stay connected with people at a faster and constant rate. Now it’s a must have. A need. People spend hours of their day on the internet or on the phone. And for what purpose? To tell everything you want to tell someone just before you see them the next day?
            This idea of technology addiction brings me to my thoughts on 2012. I don’t believe people are going to die (unless death is brought upon them by themselves). I think that life, AS WE KNOW IT, will change drastically. I’m thinking that all technology will die and we will be cast into a second Dark Age. How will people cope without their precious blackberries, or cell phones or computers or any such stuff. Some people may just keel over. Spontaneously combust. Just not exist without their technologic gadgets. And where will I be?
            I hope I’m not too addicted to technology. I like to say that I could live without it. Go find a nice, secluded cabin in the middle of the woods. No technology for 20km in either direction. But I guess we’ll have to see.