Being Antisocial

As a part of what is known in our century as highly advanced technologies, such as phones, computers, and other electronics, nothing seems to be more interesting than the way electronics tend to take over people’s lives such as personal relationships with families and friends. Like many other opponents that people have faced in the past from human’s ignorance based on the lack of knowledge, now a days the new developments consisting of various technologies are finding their way into people’s lives and controlling their aspect on life. Technology is becoming a part of people’s daily lives, by keeping track of one’s weak points and playing its role in controlling them.
In the essay “Online but Not Antisocial,” Janna Malamud Smith says, “The Internet is a member of our family.” It’s a true conclusion. In fact, the author uses concrete details and some personal examples that help her come up with this conclusion. The author uses statistics and her own family to prove the idea of how much time is being spent on the internet within her family, keeping in mind that the time teens spend online could’ve been a time for the family to gather around the dinner table. Despite the disadvantages of having the Internet as a part of our families, the author finds it to be an easy access to the outer world. The author talks about how human beings can’t be trusted so much in person and a great alternative for facing them in real life would be the Internet; “Did I miss fighting the shopping mall crowds this Christmas to buy one of my sons a hat he had really wanted? Not at all.” Shopping online rather than shopping at a mall has eased humans’ lives significantly. With much less time to consume on purchasing personal goods and much more practicality than going through various stores just to find the desired good, shopping online beats the traditional mall shopping. The author adds on with further examples, such as the privacy that the Internet offers, the satisfaction of