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Dear Veronica: Is tech rejection our future?
#fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-955550{display:none;} .cke_show_borders #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-955550, #postcontentcontainer #fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-955550{width:570px;display:block;} try{document.getElementById("fivemin-widget-blogsmith-image-955550").style.display="none";}catch(e){} This week, we kick things off with the poll results from last week's episode. You guys had some strong feelings about kids and cursing! Next, my friend and Sword & Laser co-host Tom Merritt (of Daily Tech News Show) weighs in on a question about the anti-technology generation. Will our future spawn reject technology fully, or embrace it even more completely? And hey, if you feel like you're a little too plugged-in, I share my tips for logging off. Just make sure you watch this video before you do! Send your questions to me veronica@engadget.com or on Twitter using the hashtag #DearVeronica. See you next week!
'All Together Now' is a Fox sitcom about friends who unplug
Time spent with friends is supposed to be cherished. Nowadays, however, the existence of things like Facebook, Instagram, Snapchat and Twitter make those moments a little less special for some people, namely because they keep their eyes hooked to whatever device they have near them. To that end, according to Deadline, Fox has green-lit a TV sitcom called All Together Now, which features a plot based on six friends in their late 20's who are keen to unplug from their mobile devices and interact with one another "for as long as they can stand it." All Together Now is set to be produced by Alec Sulkin and Julius Sharpe, who most recently worked with Fox on Dads, a show canceled last May, after only one 19-episode season, due to very bad reviews. The new sitcom still hasn't begun production, so it'll likely be a while before it premieres -- hopefully it's enough time for you to gather your thoughts and realize that this is really happening. [Image credit: Associated Press]
National Day of Unplugging 2011 starts now, but only after you tweet about it
Darren Murph was scheduled to write about the National Day of Unplugging 2011, which spans from sundown on March 4th to sundown on March 5th. Unfortunately, this post was delegated to him too late in the evening. He had already "unplugged." You could bother to search Facebook and Twitter to see his last snippet of digital communication for the day, but then you'd be laughing in the face of this marvelous idea. Your call. You know who you have to answer to in the end.
