Books are dead due to the never ending rise in technological advances. There are a wide range of gadgets ranging from the iPad, iPods, the Nook, the Kindle, smartphones, GPS devices, computers, and video game consoles with real life appearing graphics and internet connection. It is highly convenient to be able to search for or access anything you may need wherever you are located. Things like checking the weather, checking how heavy traffic is before heading out somewhere, looking for directions to the closest gas station, or researching information for an assignment for school. All these advances have replaced the act of having to reach for a book to look up such information or having to wait for the six o'clock news to see what the weather will be like for the rest of the week. Along with all these amazing, positive outcomes, I find there is also a negative side to it, like anything else.
I feel technology is responsible for the loss of human contact. These days children are too engulfed in video games, smartphones, and texting, that playing outside, having a face to face conversation, walking into a library, or writing a letter to a friend or family member is uncommon. You don't see as many children playing outside as I remember there being when I was growing up. On special occasions such as birthdays, it is very easy to send out a "happy birthday" text, rather than picking up the phone or stopping by to give your friends or loved ones a hug on their special day. Like most things, there is a positive and a negative side, but I must say that these days, I don't know what I would do without the convenience of having these advances. I suppose the only thing to do is to resort to the "old way" of doing things.
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