iWrite Eliza Jane

I often wish that I had grown up in our parent's time period, before texting and video games. I remember when we first got a Wii. Before then, my brothers and I  always made up games or built forts or played outside, but afterwards we mostly just played the Wii. Then, when we tried to play our old games, it just wasn't as fun. I wonder what we would be like if we hadn't gotten a Wii. Would we be more creative? Would my eyesight be better? Would we be smarter? I have a hard time believing that electronics, as my dad says, "rot your brain," but I am curious. However, to study that would be inhumane. I definitely think it dulls creativity. When I babysit, all the children want to do is play the Wii or watch Netflix. I have to drag them into going outside or playing a board game. I'm glad that at least part of my childhood wasn't corrupted by technology. 

And then there's my phone. I am embarrassingly attached to it, but I wish I wasn't. On the few trips I've been on where phones weren't allowed, I actually went through withdrawal. Withdrawal, from my phone. How mortifying. 

All of this makes me a bit scared about what the future may hold. What's next? Interactive TVs like Fahrenheit 451? Bracelets that tell us what to eat and how  much we've exercised? Drones that steal away jobs like in Player Piano? I hope not. As I said before, I wish I had been born earlier.