What if you could only use your smart phone for an hour a day?

I think that if smart phones had limitations the world would be a much friendlier place. If everyone put down their phone and only picked it up for an hour a day, can you imagine how much more work would get done? No more endlessly scrolling through Facebook, playing the latest game craze, and no more constant text messaging. You would have to meet with your friends to talk to them rather than typing. It would also allow our time on the phones to be a little better spent. Maybe filled with reading the news, answering work emails, catching up with long distance family. Maybe if we powered down those devices a little more regularly we would gain skills and traits we didn’t know we were capable. We could potentially become famous writers, actors, CEOs. I think there is a lot of potential involved with being less addicted to technology as a whole. When we think about communication, most people immediately jump to texting, skyping, or Facebook messaging. What if we took it back a few years, to letter writing, face to face communication, or even phone calls? I think people as a whole would learn a lot about themselves, meet new friends, and possibly even become something they’d never even dream of. Technology might be setting us back more than it is launching us forward. Technology is a very powerful thing, capable of vast processing capabilities and numerous scientific capabilities. But when boiled down to its most average usage, it’s merely a tool for Facebook stalking and looking at pictures of silly animals. Having a device capable of so many things stuffed in your pocket is something that most people take for granted. But not so long ago, cell phones were attached to your car or needed their own backpack to carry them. No one really stops to think about what they are really capable of. Technology is a wonderful advancement. But with that advancement comes a price, we are losing the capability of face to face conversation. We lose the ability to talk to strangers and become friends with them, too busy with our faces stuffed in our phones.