Some extremely great thought here. Great post.

Like you, I have also taken the time to sit back and really watch what this is evolving into. I think that more and more we are getting glued to our devices, but I think that we need to use technology to embrace our lives, and I think that is what people are doing right now – to easily be connected over long distances. I just want to point out two points – feel free to tell me what you think.

Point 1: I am in marketing, and all of these social tools like Twitter and Facebook are really just tools that enhance what we are doing. It's helping us towards our goal of getting the information out to consumers and it's great because it directly hits their eyes, there is no filter like TV, radio and other broad casting solutions. I like where you say that the only thing on TV today is reality shows – I agree with you, but then again, you can always find the right TV to watch, it just takes a little bit of digging and I think that is really how the web is going to be – honestly, it already is – you have to search for the good content out there.

Point 2: I was recently watching ThisWeekinStartups with Jason Calacanis and Gary Vaynerchuk and they have both been to Japan before, and they were saying that being in Japan is like being in the future – everyone was constantly connected to their devices, there were no advertisement on buses or buildings, they were all online because that is where everyone is at (recently, I have been doing some heavy research in the Japanese markets, and some of the biggest technology companies are mobile advertising companies). Technology wakes you up, you ride the bus to work, you're on your mobile device, you go to work, you're on your computer, you ride the bus home, you're on your mobile device, you get home, again, you're interacting with technology.

So I do think that we will be connected with technology at all times, but I don't think we are quite at the period of being constantly connected to a console, just yet.

So, just a few thoughts I wanted to shoot out. Let me know what you think.

It's not even 3 years since I visited San Francisco, but sounds like so much has changed. Australia isn't quite as deep in it – but is heading the same way… I hope that we can learn something through these kinds of observations.

I think the trick is going to be learning how to use social media positively and get the balance right… Does being “connected” mean that you disconnect from other basic human aspects?

It's also interesting to think about what is going to happen with our physical environment… Are places like libraries, shopping centres & universities going to become redundant (or significantly different)?