A response to "Born Digital"

This is a reading response to an article titled "Born Digital" No, we aren't robots. Yet.

This article introduced an interesting new term to thing about: Digital Native. It refers to the generations that have and will start out in this new digital age and will never know a life without some form of digital technology. People like my brother for instance. On his tenth birthday, he got his first cell phone, and apparently, so did every other kid in his class at the time. This was strange not only because of his age, but also because I did not get one until about a month later, and at 15 years old. At the time I was pretty ticked, but looking at my brother now, it seems to strange to see him with his phone out or his iPad twenty four hours a day and seven days a week.

I can remember way back in elementary and middle school when all the technology I cared about was my Gameboy and my Nintendo 64. I didn't have to be around them all the time to have fun though, I did have friends to go out with and such. There was a time when my brother wanted to go out all the time with his friends. Now that he has his iPad, he hangs out with his friends online, whether it be on facebook, skype, or whatever. He is always talking and having fun with someone, not in person, but at least he is socializing. I do think we are a little too attached to things like our smart phones, computers, and all other fancy technology. Soon, no one will remember what life without this technology was like in the past. We will be forever immersed in the Digital Era.