I feel the same way. I think just a lot of people in the tech industry have a starry-eyed view of technology. Don't get me wrong, technology has done positive things and obviously affords us many conveniences. But there is a negative side as well.
Its funny to me that people don't think technologies like social media and smartphones have changed how people socialize when that's the very purpose of them.
There's something that's definitely changed although I can't quite articulate it. I'm a millennial but I find it easier to talk to people many decades older than me, they seem more attentive. I try to socialize with my colleagues who are my age or younger but they struggle when I ask things like "Hey, how are you?" One of them finally said to me: "I still don't know how to answer that question."
Its funny to me that people don't think technologies like social media and smartphones have changed how people socialize when that's the very purpose of them.
There's something that's definitely changed although I can't quite articulate it. I'm a millennial but I find it easier to talk to people many decades older than me, they seem more attentive. I try to socialize with my colleagues who are my age or younger but they struggle when I ask things like "Hey, how are you?" One of them finally said to me: "I still don't know how to answer that question."