Alexa, why won't you reply to my father?

Is technology innovation doing us more harm than good? My family offers proof that it is.

My parents recently got Amazon's supposedly "intelligent" personal assistant, Alexa.

Ask Alexa to play a song and she will (through her speaker).

Ask her to turn the lights on or off, and, if they're plugged into a "smart" device, she'll do that, too.

Ask her about the weather, news, traffic or sports and she...