You expected it to take time. Now, with scanners in place, you expect the check-out to be incredibly quick. In fact, now you often start to pay your bill with your ATM or credit card before the total amount is even tallied. A constant barrage of information makes many people's lives feel more rushed, too. Information speeds around the world in seconds, and meanwhile, many people are connected to a telephone at nearly all times.
Most people using a cell phone appear to be trained by the phone, rather than the other way around.
And it's interesting how a ringing cell phone immediately becomes several times more important than the physical person that the phone owner is speaking to when the phone rings. First, maybe you feel that you must read certain online content regularly or you're missing out. So, every night you take time to sign on, and often you spend more time online than you thought you would, and when you're finished you're not sure what you actually accomplished. I don't want to be swept up in this wave of new technology. I don't want to define the present and the future by technology advances alone.