Especially in the United States (because this is my frame of reference), technology seems to have shifted the focus in humans to a world of service to the machines. With increasing "improvements" that create cravings for more and better machines, people have lost perspective. When I see people "texting" and driving a car, talking on a cell phone through an entire meal at a cafe or talking on that phone while riding down the trail on a sweet horse on a lovely day surrounded by trees and flowers that they never even see - well, I actually feel sorry for them; for all the parts of life and the real world that are never even noticed.
