Electronics ruin our social life

Sure, but even if everything you said is true, it doesn't prove that electronics ruin our social life.It may be true, that at some particular times at some particular places electronics distract particular people from socialising, but what about the socialising we do online?Think of all the events that organised online on social networks - wouldn't electronics in that case be helping us? I'm not arguing that electronics encourage human interaction at all however:If electronics ruin our social life, then everyone who has electronics would have a ruin social life (eventually). But is this the case? I'm sure many people (maybe yourself included) use electronics and still have a social life. You are right, that sometimes people can get obsessed with electronics but you can say that about anything. If you drink a bit it's social, but drink too much and you're an alcoholic (which could probably ruin your social life). If you get obssessed spending every day at the library reading that will ruin your social life too.I think the problem stems from abuse, and you can abuse anything - electronics included. I agree that abuse of electronics ruins our social life, but doesn't abuse of anything ruin our social life? There are a lot of ways electronics help us interact too - text your friend to meet up for a coffee, contact that friend of yours who is over seas (they might even send you some pictures of their visit) - this is certainly not ruining our social life. That is because electronics do not ruin our social life - they are neutral. The only thing that ruins our social life is us or other people, and only through abuse of something or other people. There are ways you can use electronics to actually enrichen your social life and become more socialHere is something from a short essay on the Internet and Social Life from New York University (conclusion excerpt)" Despite past media headlines to the contrary, the Internet does not make its users depressed or lonely, and it does not seem to be a threat to community life---quite the opposite, in fact. If anything, the Internet, mainly through e-mail, has facilitated communication and thus close ties between family and friends, especially those too far away to visit in person on a regular basis. The Internet can be fertile territory for the formation of new relationships as well, especially those based on shared values and interests as opposed to attractiveness and physical appearance as is the norm in the off-line world (see Hatfield & Sprecher 1986). And in any event, when these Internet-formed relationships get close enough (i.e., when sufficient trust has been established), people tend to bring them into their “real world”---that is, the traditional face-toface and telephone interaction sphere. This means nearly all of the typical person’s close friends will be in touch with them in “real life”---on the phone or in person---and not so much over the Internet, which gives the lie to the media stereotype of the Internet as drawing people away from their “real-life” friends."source: http://www.yale.edu...My conclusion is that yes, electronics are changing the way we communicate, and yes they can ruin our social life, but they can also enrichen our social life, so I'd argue that the effect electronics have on our social life comes down to if we use electronics responsibly or if we irresonsibly abuse them, I don't think you can blame the electronics.Electronics are a tool, and every tool can be used or abused - it's down to the person (like how a hammer can be useful for building a house or for smashing it down, it depends on the person). I look forward to reading your response!!