Technology has undoubtedly made our lives more enjoyable, and has enhanced quality of life pretty much everywhere in the world.

Social interaction has definitely changed though, and until we invent more advanced methods of telecommunication, we are somewhat socially diminished. Personally, I think this is a question of advancing the technology further, rather than discarding it. The advent of virtual reality might play a big part in solving these issues, allowing people to meet each other virtually in the flesh, so to speak. The digital flesh.