Lab+5


 * "Alone together" an MIT professor’s new book urges us to unplug**


 * Respond to this article with your own contextualized opinion. Don’t generalize.**

These days, thanks to another thousand ways of keeping connected to the world, it’s not surprising to see people always on their cellular devices. Even few years ago the computer was the go to machine to access these social networking sites. But in the past few years the number of such networking sites has increased and so has the users of mobile devices. This change in trend has now seen users on the go updating their profiles on Facebook, letting their peers know about their whereabouts via tweets. It has enabled us to stay connected from anywhere, regardless of the location or the time. So is this recent surge in being connected twenty-four seven a good thing?

To a degree, staying connected can be very beneficial. People on these networking sites get their daily fix of news from such sites. Not only are these sites being used as a tool for staying connected, but it is also being used a medium for conveying news and messages. People usually get to know about what’s happening around their society or even around the world. It helps to make them more aware of certain situations because they are connected whereas normally maybe they wouldn’t have picked up the newspaper to check the headlines. Not only that, it also helps by staying connected to one’s group of friends. Knowing what everyone is doing or what the plans are is certainly helpful.

With so much helpful traits that these things bring, it’s not surprising to see that most people use it religiously. Most people are always connected to the world outside while sticking their faces to their cell phones. Even though it would be nice to stay away from all this for a while, to unplug oneself from all this technology, but this is what life has become. Take away someone’s cell phone for a day and see what becomes of them!