I’ve never really been a Luddite. Heck, most of the time growing up I was the kid that was way ahead of the curve. I was using a computer literally from my earliest memories. In high school, I was the kid that the teachers asked for help when things weren’t working. I was using Napster way before it was cool.
But I’ve never had a cell phone. Until now. My brand new phone arrived in the mail today. I realized over winter break that I really could no longer get by without one. It was literally impacting my friendships.
Am I doomed to become an on-all-the-time instant-gratification fiend? I’m usually not one for slippery slope arguments, but somehow today I feel like I’m teetering on the edge of falling into oblivion, permanently becoming that asshole that’s always on his phone and oblivious to the outside world.
Will this phone make me more of a social animal at Carleton? Unlikely. To be honest, phones aren’t nearly as popular here as they are elsewhere. Will it make it easier to order pizza late at night and do grocery shopping for the house? Yeah. Will it change my life? I don’t know. But the two years of my soul I sold to Verizon Wireless says I’m about to find out.
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