Questions are posed about a technological age that causes depersonalization, distraction, and skating on the periphery.

Piano learners, products of their time are lured away from serious study by video games and social networks. In addition, they're exposed to so many extra curricular activities that they barely have the time or inclination to absorb one piece at a time with any depth. Interspersed recollections of students with egg timers, and a mother complaining about her daughter's over-practicing expand upon the topic. Add John Dewey into the mix and there's food for thought.