I Have No Real Friends So I'm Selling My Soul To The Robot King

I read a short article on loneliness in old age.

http://metro.co.uk/2013/11/15/so-lonely-isolation-drives-one-in-five-patients-to-gp-4187711/


The article stated that more people are now seeing their GP's because they are struggling with loneliness. It is understandable that in old age we find ourselves lonely. Generally the elderly have lost their life long partner along with many of their friends and are in a seniors home where they spend their days alone in the confines of their room. Without friends to come visit and families that are too busy to take a break from their schedules to visit, the elderly are left on their own.

But the feeling of loneliness shouldn't be something a younger generation suffers from. Yet social media encourages isolation and thus loneliness. It is already proven that today's youth have a harder time communicating face to face with their peers than generations before them. This is due to constant use of online communication and social networking.

What does the future hold for us? Do those crazy apocalyptic hollywood films about robots and technology taking over the world have some truth? I always thought those movies were dumb an irrelevant but maybe they make a good point. Maybe it really is possible. <---- thats a scary thought.