A new survey from Optimum says the average American spends ten hours a day on devices.  That's troubling, but there's no combating it.  The lure of instant access is overwhelming.

 

The high-tech diversion is changing everything because people can now create their own worlds and rarely venture out of them.  The device is always available, it never rejects you, it soothes, reassures, reinforces whatever your pursuits are.  Even if there's evil involved.

 

It is becoming apparent that many of us are watching, not doing.  There is no challenge, no quest.  It's all contrived.

 

Fewer human beings are reading books because it takes time away from the device.  We meet people in cyberspace, not face to face in a physical place.  We can shut out anything negative.  We become passive, lazy.

 

The devices are so addictive that some folks cannot stop using them, especially the young.  They make it easy to be cruel, to avoid confrontation, to learn how to handle yourself in complicated situations.  You can become so dependent on constant stimulation, your life shrinks into a social media bubble designed to engage you at all times.

 

You become a spectator, not an achiever.

 

Few understand the danger.  You must control the devices rather than surrender to them.  That is not real life.  So, spread the word.  Ultimate irony, you might have to use the device to do it.

 

See you this evening for the No Spin News.