Technology.. really?

So I am all for laptops, ipads, iphones etc. I love being able to update facebook from my phone anywhere at anytime or having instant access to google to find the answer to a question instead of making a trip to library and searching the encyclopedia, however I think it is starting to get out of hand. For one you can download books on all these devices, I myself even have e-books. I was able to download the whole twilight series for free on my phone and I thought it was the greatest find ever. Which i still think it's pretty great but  my husband bought me the paper copy of the first twilight book for christmas and I truly forgot how nice it is to sit down with an actual big book of paper, flip pages with your hands and read, rather than holding your phone and touching the screen to flip pages. I also think it's sad that by the time Brantley is an adult or maybe even sooner, all books could be electronic =( paper books may be considered nostalgic. that's terrible =(

I want to share with you the link that sparked my thoughts on this. They have redesigned the beloved, classic board game monopoly. Players no longer have dice or community chest or chance cards, nor do they have money. They have atm cards they swipe to keep track of money and there is an all seeing big brother like tower that rolls the dice for you and gives you instructions. This was really sad to me it takes the fun out of everything if you ask me. I like being able to roll the dice and waiting to see if i got doubles or not so i could roll again, and I like the anticipation of picking up a chance card not knowing if it's good or bad. I don't know maybe I'm making a big deal out of things but I think it has to stop somewhere. I can't imagine what other things they will come up with in the future and its worrisome. Stephen told me the other day they are developing smart phones that will also act as a check card. So you will no longer need your bank card you'll just hold your phone up to this little thing in the store and it will transmit the signal and take the money out of your account. Isn't that scary??? I dont think its cool at all. All of this is making me want to rebel and start using cash and VHS's again lol. Anyway here is the link to the monopoly story and I'll see you next time....
http://blog.games.yahoo.com/blog/396-new-monopoly-trades-money-and-dice-for-no-nonsense-computer/


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