I watched someone (with no medial credentials that I am
aware of)

>discussing how our society has become so "connected" to the
>point
?where we don't have to interact socially... or even go
outside...
>that it is having consequences on our mental well-being.

I'd imagine so, but that may depend on the person too. I live
alone here and usually only see other people one day every
2 weeks when I do the shopping and other errands and it doesn't
bother me much. I also rarely talk to anyone on the phone,
mostly my brother one day a week, so my online and eMail
contacts are almost my only human interaction other than the
few times a year in the summer when my niece and family come up
several times for a few days to use my sister's cottage next
door.

I don't interact daily but I do try to get outside at least once a day. With the weather we've been having lately, at least 2-3 times a day -- and I don't take my phone with me. OTOH, I have a tween niece who rarely leaves her room and cannot go very long without her phone. She lives online, and it unfortunately shows. ;(

Mike

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I'd imagine so, but that may depend on the person too. I live
alone here and usually only see other people one day every
2 weeks when I do the shopping and other errands and it doesn't
bother me much.

I don't interact daily but I do try to get outside at least once

>a day. With the weather we've been having lately, at least 2-3
>times a day -- and I don't take my phone with me.

I get outside at least once a day.. that's where the bathroom is.. B)

OTOH, I have a tween niece who rarely leaves her room and cannot

>go very long without her phone. She lives online, and it
>unfortunately shows. ;(

Yes, a lot of that going around..

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