Technology... how we depend on you, I am no different than anyone else. I use Facebook, Google+, and listen to music on my iPod. But when things break, or the power goes out, I can still function. There are these things that are called books, and there is this strange ball of light in the sky to illuminate the area.
However much the Sun shines down, and reading a book under a tree is enjoyable, there is nothing that compares to the speed of searching on Google to find an answer, or read an interesting article in Wikipedia. But think about this, if the power went out and the batteries were dead, could you function. I mean really function... do you know how to fix your lawnmower, your plumbing, or your generator sitting in the garage?
It all comes back to how we get out information. Just think it was only 20 years ago, you would go to the library and borrow a book on small engines to fix your lawnmower. Or phone your dad to find out how to fix a clogged drain in your kitchen. Or call your buddy to come over and help you move and fix your generator.
Now we go to our favourite search engine and look up anything we need and an answer appears. No going out to learn, no phone calls, and no physical human social interactions. I recognize in myself these things, but how many of us do think about it. I mean come on your reading this on an electronic device for crying out loud.
Instead of just Clicking "like" or "+1"ing why don't we say instead, "do you want to go for coffee?" and leave the computer at home.
Of course we will keep going back...
It's ironic that most of us have the means to be in almost constant communication with each other, and yet be so incapable of really interacting on a meaningful emotional level anymore. The dissemination of information minus the feelings and the physicality are what our machines do; we are becoming too much like them, cold, impersonal. We must be able to walk up to that other person, take them by the hand, look them directly in the eyes and say, "I hear you." KP
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