Is technology ruin our sex lives?

It is a vague premise to say it is ruining our sex lives but I do think it affects the way we are intimate together and I don't just mean in relation to porn.

It is a case of not living in the moment, of being aware of the simple intimacies of everything from communication to enjoying a night's entertainment.

I'm certainly not a technophobe but I do believe technology should work for us, to enhance our lives, at the moment it seems it runs our lives and infects everything we do.

I also have huge reservation about modern technology but I do think it is questionable to say that "it infects everything we do"

There have been many good things which have occurred because of advancements in technology.

Absolutely, of course I should qualify what technology I am talking about as well. Medical technology is mostly a very positive thing for example but we would be here for a year listing things if I went down that route.

To narrow it down, I should say that it has changed how we interact with each other, mostly that's negatively. It would seem counter-intuitive to say that mobile phones, for example, have made communication worse but I do believe that to be the case. I would swap convenience for intimacy any day. What's worse is I have little choice, I tried to not have a mobile phone but had to get one because it's how people communicate. That ends up with me taking it everywhere, texting people for no reason, then getting a smart phone and checking Facebook etc. Then there are those videoing everything, gigs or taking pics of some big moment of their lives and therefore not just enjoying that moment. All of this is just related to phones.

Without modern technology my relationship with my boyfriend would be a lot more difficult, because we're long distance. Aside from not even being able to conveniently arrange times to see each other, we wouldn't be able to chat if one of us was upset, discuss how our day has gone etc.
I certainly don't think that without technology I would necessarily be having more or less sex than I do anyway. And I don't think my friendships would be that different. With most of my friends who are physically close to me, a chat that lasts more than 5 minutes on Facebook will result in us meeting up somewhere anyway. And for those who aren't physically close, I wouldn't maintain that relationship as easily without technology.

Anyway. Nothing irritates me more at a gig than people recording it. How does this benefit you? You'll have a shoddy recording of a thing you didn't actually experience because you were too busy making an inferior copy of it. I think people certainly live less in the moment than they used to. People checking-in on Facebook and tagging their friends where they are - instead of just BEING where they are. We live in an age where it's more important to be seen to be having a good time than actually having one.

I find sexting improves it.

Depends who it is that's sexting you.