Summary Of Gary Shteyngart's Only Connect

Technology is controlling and changing our everyday lives. I strongly believe Gary Shteyngart in his article “Only Connect”; not only is the I-phone changing everybody lives, but any other smart phone that exists in today’s society. Shteyngart says “With each passing year, scientists estimate that I lose between 6 and 8 percent of my humanity, so that by the close of this decade you will be able to quantify my personality.” He is correct because every year technology changes and advance. Each year people personality decrease in how they act in their everyday life. Smart phones have everything you can possibly imagine. Society is becoming too comfortable and lazy because they have all the answer they need rite at the palm of their hands. Smart phones have become very addicting to the point that people are not realizing the damage it’s doing to them self. Shteyngart describes his personality as “the latest-model Audi” and a “brave new toaster.” He knows he’s already losing himself in the technology world just like everybody else. I myself can say I am an example of how addictive I have been with my blackberry. It is very
Their prayers will not be answered. Connecting. . . . will flash impotently on the screen, but they will not connect.” He was being sarcastic about this quote because even if somebody is multitasking with their smart phones it does not mean they are fully focus on what they are doing. Another significant way that smart phones have changed our lives is navigation. Before you had to plan when you were going to travel, but now you can simply walk out of the house, enter the address of your destination into your phone. It gives you many different ways to direct you to your destination. I believe is interesting to look into a map and find your way to your