Mule

Eating is good. Eating too much is bad. Working out is good. Work out too much and you get hurt. When it comes to our physical bodies we understand balance. When it comes to our minds it's kind of a free for all.  Sure there's talk about balance in regards to work and rest, and stress and fun. But are our minds just work and rest and stress and fun? Technology is great. Too much is bad.  What we lose when there's too much technology is intention, fallibility, and selflessness. Usually in that order.  Carried along by our impulse and habits we lose the intention that drives us towards where we want to go. Because we can so easily voice whatever thought comes to mind (a credible thought or not) we lose the ability to recognize that most of the time we are wrong or have nowhere close to the information needed to have an opinion. Talk about yourself enough and eventually selflessness is out the window and we are bent and satisfying ourselves. It's hard to tell when we lose those things because they are in our mind. We don't have to buy new pants, we don't limp around from running too much. Those patterns turn into our thoughts, or are removed from our thinking, so subtlety that  the free-for-all that is our minds think it's just "us". And if there's any doubt we use our adult-sized vocabulary to rationalize the new us.  When you understand the drawbacks of technology you can balance them.  Intention- set your direction. In things that need to be done, and in your interaction with other people. Fallibility- Practice keeping your opinions to yourself, knowing that sometimes thoughts are just thoughts.  Selflessness- Do things for others simply because they are others.