Technology: Reducing the quality of Human Interaction

I personally know people who often look to the person next to them while talking and driving, as you most probably do since most drivers do that. I would argue that this has the same effect as texting and driving, because if you take your eyes off the road for a split second to look at that person, you can potentially hit a pedestrian or another car. I'm not justifying texting and driving, but I'm saying that there are always other ways that don't involve technology that have the same impact. As for the introverts, I beg to differ. Technology exists in the real world, and if you can get to talk to friends online rather than not to talk to anybody at all, to order pizza online instead of feeling socially awkward at a store, and buying some necessities online instead of going to the store then you are using it well. This also brings up another point: technology has been of so much convenience to us. You can get what you need to get, when you need to get it (online shopping). You can ask your professor a question via email so you can study for your test if you cannot reach him in person, and you can view a wide range of ideas that otherwise would not be available to you. Isn't it ironic that you are using technology to debate technology? Without it, you would not be able to access this wide range of opinions in debates, and you would not be able to have a full picture of what is happening. It used to be the case that what you read in the newspaper was the be all end all, but now with technology, you actually give voices to those who are mute. The refugee crisis was only made famous after the drowned child, Alan Kurdi, appeared on social media. Without technology, we probably would have not heard adequately of what was happening there and many people would have suffered because of it. Also, you can have intimacy in an online relationship. You can tell all your secrets online to your spouse, etc. Yes, sure you can be able to hide many things from them, but isn't that always the case, even before technology? People always cheated on their spouses and hid business dealings from them, and I would argue that having technology made it easier for these people to get exposed (e.g: you can read your spouse's messages and know that she is cheating, instead of having to come home to catch her in the act). You argued that good does come out of technology, but at the cost of the quality of human interactions. I disagree. Human interactions are still strong, and I believe you are slightly too generalizing when you speak of those who abuse technology. Those who spend their time on social media, fill their camera rolls with selfies, hate interacting with people, and exploit others using technology are a minority. We tend to focus on the bad, but more good has come out of technology than bad. To this day, most people, including introverts, would be willing to spend their time in person with a friend rather than online. That is why despite all of our technological capabilities, people still look forward to going out with their friends on weekends. I believe that technology has given us much more good than bad.