One side of the argument.
Short, quick devil’s advocate: Too much of any one thing is still bad and it’s healthy to just go camping in the mountains with absolutely no cell reception. Just because it’s technology, doesn’t mean it’s better. Ever tried to purge yourself from tech for a week? After the night sweats and aching, you realize it’s cathartic.
From the article:
IRL: In Real Life. It’s used as shorthand all over the Internet, to distinguish what happens online from what happens offline.And it’s a lie.
If we still refer to the offline world as “real life,” it’s only a sign of deep denial — or unwarranted shame — about what reality looks like in the 21st century.
Us elsewhere.
We're all over the Interwebs!