Living in the Information Age

At this time, we seem to be bombarded by stimuli from all directions. Media expanded to the internet then smartphones put his in direct connection with information all of the time. Our email is no longer, when we get home but instantaneous through out the day and night. Given this onslaught of information what are we to do with it? The majority of people are now more informed than in any age before but how has this served us. Are we a better society because of it? Have there been more advances in medicine, science and the arts because of our new found exposure to constant information? It would not seem so given the evidence that abounds. No, being connected seems to be hindering more than helping. We still do not have a cure for cancer or even the common cold but hold on steadfastly to our internet connections as if they are somehow our life line. Maybe we have become jaded and taken the fact that a newspaper isn’t so much a news source for us any more. Radio and television used to be our on the moment source of news but now with the internet, we can know about events before radio or television can report them. Sometimes I wonder how long radio and television and especially print media (newspapers, magazines, etc.) will be a viable source of information for us. At what point do they become a hinderance instead of a help? Hopefully we will all wake up before it is too late and embrace our technology rather than be restricted by it. How long can we continue to move down this path with no real benefit to the whole of our world. People still go hungry every night, children are still abused and homes are still broken in to. It is time we used our access to on the the spot information for good rather than keeping up with and creating new celebrities.