Disconnected Urbanism Analysis

In his paper “Disconnected Urbanism” by Paul Goldberger that was published in metropolismag.com, Goldberger describes how we as humans are being disconnected from the world around us. Cellphones are one of the many ways that we are now able to connect with one another. Cellphones are capable of being a Global Positioning System (GPS), a way of communication, and many other ways cellphones can be helpful. Despite the fact that cellphones can be a positive, they can also harm the world around us. A negative example is that we are always glued to our cellphones and we are being disconnected from the world around us. Cellphones can either make or break the world around us. Although cellphones are either a positive or a negative, they are disconnecting the world. First there are positive side effects of cellphone usage. We are able to have a mini computer right in arms reach for anything we need. Cellphones are a wonderful invention we have in our lives. Cellphones are a wonderful invention because we are able to communicate from anywhere in the world today. Cellphones became popular in the 1970s when they were first invented. Before there were cellphones we had landlines that were tethered to the wall. When there were landlines to
Cellphones are also a human killer in a way. In her article, “How Cell Phones Have Changed Our Lives” by Amy Gahran published on cnn.com she explains how exactly cellphones have changed our lives. She mentions “cellphones can be distracting, annoying, trivial and frustrating” and she also mentions “Several video-enabled were on the scene at the January 1,2009, killing of Oscar Grant” (Gahran, 2009). She points out some of the negatives that go along with negatives of cell