Man-Machine Relations

In one of my books for research it has a chapter entitled Man-Machine Relations. I came to think about how I treat my machines. First, as I type this I an using a computer and the internet I would say two of today's most powerful tools. I certainly use them everyday and really can't think about how I would live without them It would be easy but uncomfortable at first to quit cold turkey. Also my cell phone is always within reach, I can hear a message chime even when I am downstairs and the phone is upstairs in my bedroom. Have I become that trained by myself or my machines to answer to their calls. Hopefully it is by my own self-conscious that this has happened. I would like to believe as our technology progresses we become more aware that we are becoming more dependent on the machines and do not become as jaded as the Solarians did. http://asimov.wikia.com/wiki/Solaria