When I saw the title of this article I thought it was going to be about how the demands of the public have changed the way people do things such as market items. The article was actually about a man, Howard Rheingold the author of Virtual Reality believes that the rise of cell phone use and text messaging has created these “underground” and “secret” communities. Well, please excuse my language, but his theory seems like a bunch of bull to me. Before people used cell phones to signal each other that the cops were coming they were using secret calls, gestures, and signals. Yes cell phones have made it easier to bring people together but people are going to find ways to communicate with each other with or without cell phones. As far as cell phones making teens believe its okay to be late, that’s a bunch of bull. I, an admitted cell phone addict, know it’s not okay to be late. Yes, it does make the situation a little better if you can call in advance and say you are going to be late but it does not make tardiness acceptable. Time is precious and not something you can replace or get back. Once time is gone, it’s gone and until a time machine is invented no amount of technology can make wasting or disregarding someone’s time acceptable and this is coming from a teenager.
Cell phone also, as stated in this article, contain a lot of tracking devices and can give away a lot of information so as far as cell phones aiding criminals….I think not. Only a stupid criminal would use a cell phone. Most cell phones have G.P.S technology and can be used to pinpoint your location where landlines have to be traced and can only tell where you were when you made the call not where you are at currently. Cell phones are all about connivance not crime rings!
http://www.wired.com/culture/education/news/2002/09/54771
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