IS DIGITAL MEDIA BAD FOR US?

I believe that the concerns that people have about digital media are relative and important.  However I do not think that the technology of digital media is bad. With all technologies knowledge is lost and gained.  For example with the advent of writing much of the tradition of oral storytelling was lost.  This is not to say that writing made society any less smart it simply taught them new things.  Digital media is doing the same thing in our society.  I believe that the positive benefits that digital media provides us with outweigh any negative things that may be caused by it.  In terms of digital media making our society less social our society is simply social in a different way.  People are social with one another via visual media more than in the past this does indeed sometimes lament face-to-face socialization, but the socialization created by digital media is simply different.  In terms of the ergonomics of digital media it is important to be cognizant of the ergonomic precautions that one must take, but if these precautions are taken just like most anything it is harmless.  I believe that digital media is a positive innovation that will continue to improve our ways of life.