Lack of concentration

Whats up everyone? Hope everyone is enjoying their valentine's day.
-Where has our concentration gone as young people? In the article "Students' new best friend:'MoSoSo," author Michael Bugeja states, "With a society that is increasingly amusing and distracting itself to death, what's at stake is nothing less than the collective conscience."
The mobile phone unfortunately is one of the main culprits. I believe many people don't realize the negative effects many of the smart phones can have. Constantly being glued to your blackberry or iphone, checking your gmail and editing facebook statuses is not good people!! It is dangerous, and it kills our ability to focus. You don't need to immediately respond to emails or friend requests. Take sometime to focus on the real world in front of you not your blackberry screen.
There is nothing that frustrates or irritates me more than when I am having a conversation with someone and they take out their blackberry and hold it up in front of my face. To me its the equivalent of holding a newspaper in my face. Focus on the world around you not the digital one in your pocket.

While I may knock the smartphones I have to say there is a lot that is attractive about them. The ability to have gps or use the internet on the go is very desirable. Marc Cieslak, the author of the BBC article, "Rise and rise of the GPS mobile" makes me further envious of gps enabled phones.

Smartphones clearly have outstanding benefits as many of my peers can attest. However, the fear of losing focus on what is going on around me outweights those potential benefits. Recent generations need to be conscious of our growing lack of conciousness.
See ya next week,
JC