Technological Dependency

Recently, my cell phone battery died. As far as I can tell (differential diagnosis), it's lost the ability to be recharged. I'm trying to get it replaced as soon as I can. What I've found out with this and the lack of Internet is that we (or I) really do live in a state of great technological dependency. I get anxiety traveling somewhere new without a cell phone. I have an itch to check my email at least once a day. It's just irritating when I lose these staple communication devices. I'm not sure how we operated before cell phones. No doubt the world was a more peaceful place.