How would your life have been different if you'd grown up 20 years earlier? How would you interact with others? Do you think your relationships then would differ from your present relationships? Which time period would you prefer and why?
I chose to respond to this prompt because I actually think about this from time to time! I love thinking about the good old days when people wrote letters to each other and we didn't have all these awkward situations created by social media and texting. It all seems a little more romantic if you asked me!
I think I, and the majority of people, would interact so differently with others. We'd be so much more excited to see our friends because we wouldn't be constantly texting them or reading their social media posts. We'd be forced to spend considerable time writing letters to people we cared about, or actually call them and actually have something to say. It seems so much more personal than taking two seconds to text someone!
Not to mention we'd be SO much more productive. I can't finish one math problem without being tempted by my devilish device to check instagram, snapchat, or any other counterproductive app that has wormed its way into my routine.
Relationships in general I think would be greatly benefited. A lot less harassment would occur since social media would not exist, and friendship would be mostly in person, which I find much more meaningful. Romantic relationships also would be much less weird and awkward without being able to ask weirdly personal questions over text which we somehow find to be acceptable in today's world. I just think it would all be so much simpler.
Despite the tremendous help smart phones are with helping us remember our schedules and keep up with friends, I would much rather live in a world without them.
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