thanks technology for

sadly sending social and verbal skills on a downward spiral
humans now ignore those directly around them for others they will never meet in person.
thanks to radio and tv, then air conditioning we no longer visit neighbors while waiting for heat of day to cool off.
now notice the silence at work in breakroom.
how nearly all walk\run with headphones on. never acknowledging those they pass. your eyes glued some silly tiny screen on a gadget you spent thousands for

someone just reminded me of the paradox technology has created
bringing us together, whom we never knew existed
while isolating us from those nearest