"Men have become tools of their tools." ~Henry David Thoreau

I think that this idea applies to most of us a lot of the time, but not to all of us all of the time.
This reminds me of when people flip out because their internet goes down, or they run out of texts or the cable goes out.  But I still believe that while most of us would flip out about one or more of those from time to time, most of don't ALWAYS flip out of those things happen.  I don't think we're that far gone as a society yet.  I know for me, if the cable were to go out, I would want to play cards.  And I would be pretty excited about it because I love to play cards.  If my phone dies, it only bugs me that I know some people will not like it if they text me and I don't text back soon, and it bothers me if I have to drive a long distance just in case I were to have car trouble or another emergency.  But I don't flip out.  I kind of enjoy not having to pay attention to it, in fact.  And the technology of my books never seems to go out.  And my reading light runs by battery, so I'm pretty much set :).  Now, that's not to say that I wouldn't miss my facebook and email and telephone.  I like keeping up with my family and being able to send something funny to a friend when I think of it.  But I'm capable of entertaining myself without them.  And, if it's intentional, I really enjoy taking a weekend away from the reach of cell service and wifi now and again.