I’m sensing an increasing number of people out there who are just living in their technological bubble. I, for one, am doing so as I write this statement. Sure, even Einstein immersed himself in his own little world as he contemplated his theories and wrote them down…but then there was quality time spent with his colleagues, his family, his friends and his God.
Today, although the family may sit together in the living room at night (if you’re lucky), they’re all doing their own thing anyway. One has a laptop, the other a set of headphones, another watching a show. Tell me, who actually interacts on the physical level anymore?
What’s more is this modern (virtual) way of co-existing has caused our young people to become quite shy. My son complains that he doesn’t see his friends anymore. Why bother when they can sit and chat or Facebook ? I must admit that Ijoined FB just so that I could keep tabs on my adult children. Obesity is another result of this technological movement.
Is this technology like a snowball - gaining knowledge through the years -compiling all that we know with more and more knowledge until it weighs so heavy on our hearts and minds that we are no longer able to slow it down? Sometimes less is more, simple is better. Or is it more like a black hole sucking in its victims souls from daycare to senior’s homes?
What happened to good old fashioned fun? People claim that they don’t have the time to stop and smell the coffee. Has life sped up? How? Are we spinning faster than intended? Thanks to the computer (that was supposed to facilitate our lives), we no longer have real lives to live.
It’s all virtual now.
Prophets spoke of transcendental travel not knowing that this is how it would happen. I don’t have to go to Jamaica, I can visit virtually. I recently visited 2 places that prompted me to write this statement; our local airport (everyone was on their phone – or playing with it) and believe it or not – a Tim Horton’s coffee shop where no one talked to the person next to them because every single one had a phone, laptop, or some gadget that they were using. Frankly, I could have walked around naked and nobody would have noticed at either place.
How to fight this? Vow to write snail mail whenever possible. Use stamps. Go for a walk and buy them. Talk to the merchant who sells them and ask how they are doing (and mean it). When waiting at the doctor's office, talk to the people there. Leave you i-phone at home for a day. Get back to your roots, find yourself in a society of the past where none of these things were possible. Find something else to do. Step out of the bubble and re-discover yourself and those around you.
Any thoughts are welcome.
Today, although the family may sit together in the living room at night (if you’re lucky), they’re all doing their own thing anyway. One has a laptop, the other a set of headphones, another watching a show. Tell me, who actually interacts on the physical level anymore?
What’s more is this modern (virtual) way of co-existing has caused our young people to become quite shy. My son complains that he doesn’t see his friends anymore. Why bother when they can sit and chat or Facebook ? I must admit that Ijoined FB just so that I could keep tabs on my adult children. Obesity is another result of this technological movement.
Is this technology like a snowball - gaining knowledge through the years -compiling all that we know with more and more knowledge until it weighs so heavy on our hearts and minds that we are no longer able to slow it down? Sometimes less is more, simple is better. Or is it more like a black hole sucking in its victims souls from daycare to senior’s homes?
What happened to good old fashioned fun? People claim that they don’t have the time to stop and smell the coffee. Has life sped up? How? Are we spinning faster than intended? Thanks to the computer (that was supposed to facilitate our lives), we no longer have real lives to live.
It’s all virtual now.
Prophets spoke of transcendental travel not knowing that this is how it would happen. I don’t have to go to Jamaica, I can visit virtually. I recently visited 2 places that prompted me to write this statement; our local airport (everyone was on their phone – or playing with it) and believe it or not – a Tim Horton’s coffee shop where no one talked to the person next to them because every single one had a phone, laptop, or some gadget that they were using. Frankly, I could have walked around naked and nobody would have noticed at either place.
How to fight this? Vow to write snail mail whenever possible. Use stamps. Go for a walk and buy them. Talk to the merchant who sells them and ask how they are doing (and mean it). When waiting at the doctor's office, talk to the people there. Leave you i-phone at home for a day. Get back to your roots, find yourself in a society of the past where none of these things were possible. Find something else to do. Step out of the bubble and re-discover yourself and those around you.
Any thoughts are welcome.
