A person would be hard-pressed to graduate from this university and enter a career that didn't use computers to some degree. We need a strong exposure to technology in order to prepare for our futures. Because I can keep in touch with friends around the world, my phone and postage bills have remained low. Getting information from professors and classmates is simple these days. In fact, there is almost no need to go to office hours anymore.
Some professors even discourage it.
After all, e-mail is much quicker and requires less effort. The amount of time it takes to research a paper has been reduced dramatically. It is rare that I ever have to search the stacks in Davis. Every piece of knowledge is seemingly one mouse click away. All this technological advancement is great, but I think we may have gone a bit too far.