Technological Overuse Quotes

Technology can be our best friend, and technology can also be the biggest party pooper of our lives. It interrupts our own story, interrupts our ability to have a thought or a daydream, to imagine something wonderful, because we're too busy bridging the walk from the cafeteria back to the office on the cell phone.

When I tell children that they are far too dependent on their gizmos, they do not deny it. But they really don't care. This is their real life - texting about trivial things; listening to numbing music on their private headphones. The machines block everything out - you create your own little trivial world.

It's easy to blame technology for what we perceive to be a vast disconnect between people. We're so wrapped up in social media, texting, online dating - in many ways, we're addicted to our devices.

We have too many cellphones. We've got too many internets. We have got to get rid of those machines. We have too many machines now.

'In Another Time' talks about our addiction to technology.

Technology is a wonderful thing, but I think it's violently misused.

We might enjoy essays, TED talks, and even Facebook posts bemoaning our dependency on tech, but judging by our enthusiastic adoption of these services, we're all in.

I don't know if I've owned a piece of technology that I hated - I don't think I would have owned it then.

People have taken technology so far, to the point where music is almost sterile these days.

One thing about computers and iPhones is they're making people mentally lazy.