When I was growing up we got this really exciting video game that connected to our tv, color of course, it was mom and dad who had black and white. You could actually play ping pong on your tv, with these little paddle lines that went up and down. Next they created this cool game called asteroids, we must have played for at least a half an hour at a time, if mom let us, that is if our homework was done.
Today with my kids, they have 3d video games, online games for the computer where they play with and talk to people from around the world. They play for hours on end, and prefer it to going outside to just play baseball or frisbee or tackle football. It has stunted the current generations social maturity, by isolating them to their rooms, playing with virtual friends, who they never really meet. Is technology of this nature really advancing our society, or harming it. Only time will tell, but I for one, think too much of anything is not good for you.
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