Is it possible to be too connected?

Disclaimer: nothing about this post is definite. It is simply a rambling jumble of questions.

By Ron Scott June 19th, 2010

I don’t own a phone. I don’t own an iPad. I don’t even own an iPod touch. My means of communication are the old fashioned land line in my house, Skype, Facebook, Twitter, or MSN. Lately, I’ve been under a lot of pressure from friends to get a phone so I can be more connected with them. But I don’t know if I will. Coming from a person whose family has only owned a cell phone for emergency use, I think cell phones are awfully expensive to keep. I wonder if it is possible to be too connected. I mean, with the new iPad (which you can pretty much velcro anywhere), you have a new level of connectivity not seen before. I just don’t know if the world needs to be “in touch” that much. It seems like our relationship skills and social interactions suffer as we move to the online world of communication.

Just a thought.

Tags: connected, in touch, ipad, phone, velcro