Man... its said that what separates man from other beings on this planet, is that man is the social being. A being able to work with others of his species for mutual benefit and progress.
Well compare that with todays humans. Men and Women who spend more time on Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, Orkut, World of Warcraft or Rapidshare than with their friends. So what are these? ... Non Social Human Beings :) ?
Lets take a moment to review and see where exactly technology is taking us. Yes it had made communication easy, yes it has made transportation easy and yes it has made our lives a lot easier.. but has it made our lives a lot better? I don't think so. You ask me Why? Have a look around you. The air we breathe is more polluted than ever. We have loads of time to send messages to our friends on twitter, facebook or MySpace than actually going out and meeting them. We may have a thousand friends on Twitter or Facebook or MySpace but how many of them would be able to emotionally connect? How many of these friends would stand by you in times of need? How many of these would actually care for you in reality, if things were to go wrong.
Technology is supposed to help us get better as a species instead what is it doing? We are being driven further away from our emotions and humanity then ever before. We are losing touch with ourselves. We live in a virtual world where all emotions and just ones and zeroes coded by some software professional.
Dont trust me? Just have a look at what science fiction authors and hollywood shows us. Well if u say.. you are an Idiot believing everything that hollywood shows.. let me just say.. movies and sci-fi books are just ahead of time. All their predictions might not come true but most of them will. Just read the sci-fi novels of the last century and you will believe. Spacecraft and Submarines were first created in sci-fi not in real life.
Sometimes i just miss the old days before mobile phone, before computers and before all this technology. An era when people would spend weeks or even months for a marriage, spend days with friends just chit chatting, taking a walk around the farms, breathing fresh air free of pollution and dust. Enjoying the seasonal rains. Wow.. where are those days. Days when we used to be so technologically backward but so forward as a species.
God I want those days back.
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