WOW have you been reading my mind?! I have long thought that technology is not making our lives "better". It is making our lives more frenetic, possibly more stressful. Even before the advent of home computers, cell phones, ipads and blackberries there were research reports about Americans not getting enough down time. I think the breakdown in civility that our culture has seen is due to the increased speed of our lives.
Don't get me wrong, I am a bookkeeper and I would much rather keep accounts on computer than on ledgers. I just think we need to remember that these things are tools and not bosses and masters