We all take technology seriously, but has anyone thought how technology has made us so much more "intelligent" in a way that we feel that we should not "waste" time or others like "computer screens will spoil your eyesight if you look at it for too long".
These are the results of increasing technology. My point is, we are totally missing out on the old days. No more running about in the countryside, no "family" time. These are usually dead spent on work/play/sleep/food.

We are all humans and technology has no right to stop us from being what we have been before. Many people would say because we are all evolving into more "civilised" humans than before. I know we are all changing but is it all for the better? What are the consequences? What are the effects and results? Most of the population of urban towns wear glasses (Which you know the reason why). I myself wear glasses (I read too much...) and my whole family will too soon.

I would like to know if any of you all can reflect on this matter and comment on what is to become of use if this continues. How much will it affect us?
I would appreciate all comments made to this topic.

yeah, playing games on the computer seems more fun, because you need something for it, i guess, but when you actually do something like running about in the countryside, it's actually a lot more fun... too bad we cant realize it...

i tihnk your asking a loaded question. very few inventions have produced no new negative side effects. but i think that the nature of computers role in entertainment is a bit bloated. a really bad turn was when we decided we wanted realistic graphics. bad idea in my book, lots of fun games that ahve really un realistic graphics, and if i want realism, i'd go play out side. i live in a psudeo urbanized area. iowa city, it has a lot of the plusses of urbanization like liberalism and convenient bikable distances, but also a lot of the nature is still findable. so i rock climb and bike and practice martial arts int he forest and stuff.

its best to have a right balance between technology and normal life.. i used to have this problem some years ago.. stuck in front of the PC... then my parents advised me to go out and play some sport... now i am really into sport like cricket and football and tennis etc etc..
whatever fun and excitement you get from playing computer games, you can NEVER really compare it to really playing some sport... for those who never tried, try goin to play football tomorrow afternoon for a change.. you will see the difference..i am serious try it out

you certainly can't get an endorphin rush playing civ 3, thats for sure.

technology is good and bad. for the bad part, you do kind of get addicted to it a little bit at playing games,graphics and video game consols also. but for this we should not all blame ourselves, because the government does this. they keep making roads for cars.. how about some sieswalks, some nice parks, where you could go hang out and be safe? than they say go out run, jog? whre are you supposed to do that? where cars can kill you, plus all the gas, humidity or whatever makes it no good. i live like 10 minutes from my school walking, i can't walk there because there are no sidewalks, and if you get on the road the chance id that you're gonna get hit. so what can we do? just got o movies, restaurants and get fat lol. im only speaking of us..
Peace out

Not to far away technology will be used outdoors much more often. Devices in our clothes to monitor temperature, send GPS data to family, and call 911 if you say get run over while walking to school. One of the coolest things coming, though, are the see-through LCD screens attached to a headpiece. While playing a football game, you could see the score and location of everyone else on the field... you could access the internet from anywhere... be able to tell you house to cook dinner for you... know that your car is being stolen... but the most relevant thing to this topic is that the technology will be a great tool for us, while being outside, because its smaller, lighterweight, more comfortable and fashionable that earlier such devices.
So play games outdoors with technology is my vote.

where's the fun in playing a sport with technology? sports are supposed to be natural. we have to learn to use our brain to instead of letting a computer do the work for us. look at what technology has done, all the chemical weapons now. I think theres more bad to technology than good. Technology is messing up the world.. nature,,earth. Soon, probbaby technology is going to end the world!

I agree with you that people should devote most of their attention to their family, but to play the devil's advocate here, I think that technology is necessary, and deserves quite a bit of attention. Think about it: a society is truly advanced when people stop farming for themselves, and rely on others to produce goods for them, so they can devote themselves to advancements in scienc, medicine, architecture, etc. Also, I think there's a point in every society where they become so large that they reach a cusp, and must either die out or exploit the resources they find outide their area (this can work for people living in a small town, a country, or a planet. If we ignore technological advancements completely, we will just fade away, and wear out our planet in the process.

-Kyle

I belive it is a path of no-return, one can only hope that technology will one day help man to live closer to nature.