Is Technology Blocking Our Humanity?

Can you see me now

Photo by Laura Chouette on Unsplash

My son was not able to pick me up after work.

I would have missed his earlier text had I not realized that I left my phone on the desk at my job and had to run back to get it. If I missed the bus, I had an hour before the next.

Under normal circumstances, it would not have been a big deal. Tonight was not normal. I had…