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Too cyberspaced out to think: We are the new 'lost' generation

June 28, 2015

 

How the internet is making us stupid and journaling can help

 

I am waiting for a movie to begin when I hear two women talking on the stairway, surveying the seating and chewing their nails. “How about the front?” says one.

“Na I don’t think I’m a front person," says the other woman tapping into the pink, sparkled world of her cell phone. “Middle?” “Mm?” says the one lost in glittery texting. “Left?” “Right?” “Back?” This goes on for what seems like an eternity. As I watch, partly amazed and a smidgen amused, I realize I am wi