Why does technology make people antisocial?

Answer 1

Not technology, but the way that technology is being marketed. Television has had a dramatic impact on the amount of time that people spend together outside of work, and the demise of many clubs can probably be laid at the feet of the network executives who put keeping their audiance glued to set every night above everything else. The internet and computers are actually bringing more social interaction to people's lives, with chat rooms, message boards, and online gaming. It can be hard to realize that most people never traveled more than 5 miles from their place of birth until just the last 100 years or so. 5 miles is the distance that the average person can walk and still return in one day. And many people lived in small villages, or an isolated farms, so they did not have very active social lives. Probably America in the 1950's and 60's was the epitomy of social interaction, and that was made possible by the technology of the automobile.

Answer 2

Mobile technology allows people to stay connected to the internet even when they are away from their home computers. Because of this, people can occupy themselves in public by using their mobile devices instead of interacting socially with other people.