Cell phones have exploded in popularity not for their convenience but because they make us feel less lonely, writes Louis Rene Beres, a poly sci professor at Purdue.
Beres wrote a column on cell phone use for the Chicago Tribune and states, “Those cell phones we see everywhere are no more or less than a desperate attempt to keep from being alone with ourselves in a vast, uncaring universe.” Whoa.
He continues: “Talking on a cell phone makes the caller feel more important, more valuable, less alone, less lonely.” Using your cell is not a matter of convenience or necessity but, “a desperate cry to every other passerby: ‘I am here; I have human connections; I count for something; I am not unpopular; I am not alone.’ “
Beres, who comes across as a scholarly Luddite, doesn’t have a cell phone – shocker. And he goes on…and on…and on…here.
Via Obscure Store
