Amidst all, peace has vanished
With the tremendous globalization, technological advancements in 21st century we've transitioned into a new era. An era that allows exchanges of ideas globally, cultures and many different things at a vast scale. The world never seemed so small and connected powerfully ever before.
The new generation of technology bestowed people with gadgets, ultra fast computers. They came with a bag full of excitement, fun, thrill to do reach new levels those were unachievable and unthinkable at the same time. New ideas poured in and tangibility happened to them. Success wasn't simpler before. Technological improvements revolutionized the way people view, perceive things. Medium through which the ideas are communicated metamorphosed really fast. Ways of communication changed. From landline phones to smart phones; from newspapers to e-papers, blogs; from personal communications to chat boxes; from letters to e-mails. They unarguably made things move at a super sonic speed. Smileys made the conversations smaller, for few might have lengthened too. These opened new avenues in education, sports for that matter in any dimension of life.
In this fast paced life things have gotten a bit intertwined and the pace seems not to slow down. Reliance on these new form of gadgets, communications and the ceaseless anxiety have its share of harm. I observe people tapping screens in elevators where no mobile service provider has connectivity; people picking up phone and saying "Yea, I'm in an elevator"; constantly checking social media in an underground railway; waking up every darn morning to check mails; walkways blocked due to sheer attention to mobile phones. We tend to be on toes every now and then, and yet not much seems to be achieved through this. What loss would be there if things be delayed for few minutes? The whole idea is to adopt these things and not to adapt ourselves to them.
The thrill that enticed everyone has now become thorn in the flesh. World has been limited to them, not in the figure of speech this time. Less interaction, utter impudence to any personal interaction where one is badgering with social media the other person. Subjects are limited to posts shared, photos on snapchat and trivial things that have now become mainstream. Meetings, performances being crazily distracted. iPads being purchased for time pass, mere status symbol, thereby defeating its purpose, if it had any? Milking these has become an absolute norm, one has imbibed in routine life. These have become more a root cause of heebie-jeebies than entertainment. A race to compete over such things, where one goes nowhere yet delivers the false sense of triumph. I wonder how far things could change now and how we could go from here. All was well, will be well but amidst all, the peace has gone.
The new generation of technology bestowed people with gadgets, ultra fast computers. They came with a bag full of excitement, fun, thrill to do reach new levels those were unachievable and unthinkable at the same time. New ideas poured in and tangibility happened to them. Success wasn't simpler before. Technological improvements revolutionized the way people view, perceive things. Medium through which the ideas are communicated metamorphosed really fast. Ways of communication changed. From landline phones to smart phones; from newspapers to e-papers, blogs; from personal communications to chat boxes; from letters to e-mails. They unarguably made things move at a super sonic speed. Smileys made the conversations smaller, for few might have lengthened too. These opened new avenues in education, sports for that matter in any dimension of life.
In this fast paced life things have gotten a bit intertwined and the pace seems not to slow down. Reliance on these new form of gadgets, communications and the ceaseless anxiety have its share of harm. I observe people tapping screens in elevators where no mobile service provider has connectivity; people picking up phone and saying "Yea, I'm in an elevator"; constantly checking social media in an underground railway; waking up every darn morning to check mails; walkways blocked due to sheer attention to mobile phones. We tend to be on toes every now and then, and yet not much seems to be achieved through this. What loss would be there if things be delayed for few minutes? The whole idea is to adopt these things and not to adapt ourselves to them.
The thrill that enticed everyone has now become thorn in the flesh. World has been limited to them, not in the figure of speech this time. Less interaction, utter impudence to any personal interaction where one is badgering with social media the other person. Subjects are limited to posts shared, photos on snapchat and trivial things that have now become mainstream. Meetings, performances being crazily distracted. iPads being purchased for time pass, mere status symbol, thereby defeating its purpose, if it had any? Milking these has become an absolute norm, one has imbibed in routine life. These have become more a root cause of heebie-jeebies than entertainment. A race to compete over such things, where one goes nowhere yet delivers the false sense of triumph. I wonder how far things could change now and how we could go from here. All was well, will be well but amidst all, the peace has gone.
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