Digital Nation

So far I think this video has been really interesting. I agree that our world is becoming so dependent on this technology and it might not be turning out to be a good thing. It's scary to watch 12 year old kids become literally addicted to these computer games. It's really not good for you - their grades will slip, their vision and hearing gets worse, and I think they just miss out on the experiences of a kid. I never grew up with video games, so I'm really not into them or computer games. I'm glad to say that I'm happy I didn't grow up playing in a virtual world so I don't have the urge to be addicted to the computer, or T.V. for that matter. I completely disagree with staying inside on the computer on a beautiful, sunny summer day.
In the video, when they visited that place where people can just go to play computer games and some of the kids said they stay for hours, some even for the whole day, that really scared me. Especially when they said people have died there because they had a lack of food and water!!! How absurd to sit playing a computer game for days to not realize that your body needs water/food. To me it's stupidity. I worry for the next generations to come because if it's this bad right now, then how is it going to get any better?
Also, when I saw that the MIT students were always on multiple means of technology at once, it just made me realize how dependent those students really are on their technology rather than their school work. Sure, I check Facebook like a regular college student, and I text my friends, but I know I could go a full day without looking at any of it. I have before, and it's scary to think that some of these students don't know what they would do with themselves if they didn't have their Blackberry.