Society Is Dead: We Have Retreated into the iWorld

In this article the author tells about the ins and outs of the “iGeneration”.  He starts his tale off with some personal experiences he encountered on a recent trip to New York.  He claims that people nowadays tend to be less socially intact and connected with the outside world.  This he points out is partially due to iPods. He does acknowledge that he also tends to listen to music himself and even mildly criticize himself.  The point is made that iPods are extremely useful to have, but at the same time he questions whether you have to have “those white wires” hanging from your ears at all time.  This is not simply a problem just with iPods, it is also prominent in social media, blogs, and even news.  The average person phases out what they really don’t want to hear.  The author challenges his readers to try to go without the music for a while reasoning that if you do you will soon pick up the subtle social queues that you have been missing while “plugged in”.  Overall the author does a good job on showing the popularity and “evils” of iPods.  He accents these by using his own personal experiences.  The point is furthered by addressing and refuting possible counterpoints.  The author recognizes that as a whole iPods are good, but the main point being made here is that when you are jamming out you are actually missing out.  This all goes into his final point:  As technology advances, you will see an equal decline in the quality of our society.