Personally, what is pulling people apart isn't technology in itself. What is pulling people apart, is how people use technology. Most often than not, people use technology use technology to hide when the world they face isn't one that allows them to engage others in a healthy way.
When the world around them is one that facilitate the use of technology to connect with others in a healthy way, technology become another tool to do so. Yet, when the world people face is one that is toxic, technology acts as a shield to hide from it.
There is also how we were thought to interact not only with technology, but also with how to deal with our emotions when things don't go as we want, or expected, them go. If we aren't thought to deal with our emotions, and view technology as a tool and not as a replacement for the world around us, it becomes quite easy to use said technology to hide from our emotions and the world.
There is a need to stop blaming technology for people hiding behind it, and actually giving people what they need to interact with the world. If we don't do that, most people will keep using technology to hide since its easier to do so.
When we give people the tools to make meaningful connections with others, technology can actually be a powerful tool to create, and strengthen, connections with other people. Modern technology can actually bring people closer together when people have what they need to use it in that way.
The problem is not technology in itself, but why people use it either for connecting with others or to hide from the world. Unless we become conscious about this, and take steps to counter it, chances are the people will continue to use technology to keep shielding themselves form a world they don't have the tools to deal with in a healthy way.
We can se technology to change the world for the better, unless we don't give people way to do so.
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