Breaking the cycle of electronics addiction


  • TECH
  • Wednesday, 24 May 2017

Friends with smartphones dining at restaurant. (Dreamstime/TNS)

Recently at a local coffee shop, a group of four friends were eating dinner. Each person spent time texting and staring at their smartphones rather than engage in conversation. 

The present is an electronic era where we are inundated at work and in recreation with electronics: cellphones, TVs, Internet, DVDs, movie screens. Our attention and imaginations are captured by screens and visual entertainment. 

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