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Does social media make us more unsocial in real life?

It's easy to notice our obsession with technology. Infinite knowledge and entertainment is at our fingertips, who can resist? Technology has allowed people to "connect" in a non-traditional way. Through the internet. With social media the world just got a whole lot smaller! We can talk to people across the world, may they be relatives or friends. With the use of online therapy websites, we can anonymously seek help or make friends. With Facebook, we can reconnect with old friends without actually going back to your home town. However, there are many people out there who believe the younger generation is getting too attached to their phones. There are plenty of videos and articles that show millennials who are too glued to their phones. For example; Micheal Gonchar , a writer for New York Times, wrote about a video he saw on YouTube called "I Forgot My Phone". In this two minute video, Charlene DeGuzman is going to different social events like a birthday party