Connection Lost

Earlier tonight I was chatting to a friend on Skype when suddenly the video froze and the dreaded screen came up, Connection Lost. I knew it was something to do with my internet so I immediately ran downstairs and frantically tried to fix the problem.

For a moment I felt a sense of disconnection.

Growing up in a world full of mobile phones, laptops and all the latest connection technology. I wondered, how much do we rely on these new technologies to feel a sense of connection?

I'm sure there has been at least one point in time where you've accidentally left your mobile phone and home on the kitchen bench and spent the whole day wondering if someone had been trying to get a hold of you. Our culture has come to the point where a sense of anxiety is reached without frequent interaction with these technologies.

Not only do we rely on these devices to create this connection but we also crave the connection. We've been so exposed, almost over exposed to these technologies such as the internet and mobile phones that we feel disconnected without them.

We gain comfort in knowing our whole extended network of friends is only a text message or email away. However, through this over connectivity, we have lost the ability to just sit and do nothing. The concepts of sitting and thinking or reading a book have been replaced with surfing the internet and calling friends.