Wired

I'm not sure how I stumbled on this article (see below), but as I was reading it, I came to this statement:

“Facebook is amazing because it feels like you’re doing something and you’re not doing anything. It’s the absence of doing something, but you feel gratified anyway.”

As I read the article (and that sentence specifically), I felt a sense of concern. A big one. 27,000 texts a month. Really? Who does that. 6 hours of video games? What a waste. Not a big deal? Um, I don't think so,


It also made me think of Elder Bednar's talk "Things as They Really Are". Sometimes I wish I didn't ever have to use a computer. Never have to check email. Never have to rely on FB to tell me what time the activity I'm going to is at. Never have the temptation of the internet to distract me from really doing something. Never have to do anything with it. Don't get me wrong-Technology is awesome. And a great blessing. AND you really can do so much and be very productive with it's help. But I just wish my life were so simple I didn't have to ever use it. Especially the internet. I've wasted more time/procrasted more on the internet doing absolutely nothing than I could probably even imagine. I'm not proud of it. How much more sleep I could have got, more books I could have read, etc. Even this blog is a somewhat sore spot in my life.


But, it's almost like you can't function in this society without all this stuff. Thoughts?


Article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/21/technology/21brain.html?_r=1&nl=todaysheadlines&emc=a2&pagewanted=all

Elder Bednar:
http://lds.org/library/display/0,4945,538-1-4830-1,00.html