Tchnology is taking over

In todays society technology is apart of everyday life no-one questions it, when did it become so main stream. I believe that technology is going to be the downfall of our society as we have so much of it. Now a days people cant leave their homes without their phones and/or tablets, and when they do they have withdrawal symptoms. Technology is everywhere on a person in their homes, handbags and in their cars and thief's are taking advantage of this. We are all obsessive and it doesn't come cheap laptops/computers can cost you anywhere between £350 all the way up to £1000 or more. We used to make sure we pack everything we needed for the day/holiday without second glance at technology. we are all victims even me i'm sitting here writing this blog on a £500 laptop and my phone costing £425 we are we working our bottoms off to earn money to buy technology what happened to the good old days when we used to go out and see friends now most of us find it easier just to Skype call, we don't even go to see films at cinema often we just wait till they end up on Netflix, Love Film or any other format. The next generation are going to be the worst effected, parents are giving their children in buggies their phones or tablets when they are whingeing instead of find out what's wrong. Children as young as five at Christmas are asking for camera, tablets, laptops and phones when most of us were five we looked for Barbie dolls, We are draining our children imaginations even children's toy companies such as vtech are making children friendly cameras and tablets. Its even in the classrooms with touch screen entertainment systems what happened to chalkboards and dry wipe boards. Can anyone answer this.