Living in the modern world has so much to offer in regards to all the advance technology that is available and the benefits it provides us with. Once upon a time paying a bill couldve consumed hours of our day preventing us from doing other things, whereas now its instant at a touch of a button money, emails, messages etc etc are all transferred and this is all very convenient and helpful. Words that in our society are very apt. Technology is amazing and I have much respect for all that it offers us and enables us to do. But what is happening to our natural way of living now that we are so consumed by it and do we ever miss a time or try to remember a time when technology wasnt as advanced? A time when things may not have been as convenient or productive or instant but it had a sense of flow nevertheless. Life still moved but we as people were not as quick maybe and things seemed more organic and there wasnt such a panic to rush around as much. A time when a phone didnt exist and you would make a plan and arrange a time in advance and you would be there with no other information in-between. Maybe its just me but I find that quite romantic - connecting minus a mobile or any form of technology is what feels more natural, more real, more alive. Its quite poetic isnt it- that in that time- regardless of the other mundane day to day things - people connected that was more heartfelt- more telepathic perhaps- lovers would think/feel each other through the ether not through a text! Maybe this is another ideology as I know that through my own socialisation and way of life that technology, phones, emails etc etc play such an important role- so much so that yes Id be worried and scared to give up my phone and email. Without this means of communication my business would rely on word of mouth. (Which actually as a side note should not be underestimated) I have known businesses that purely exist on word of mouth and are very successful, theres something very authentic and special about that considering how hard it mustve been to establish itself and it continues to cater in a more personal way. Anyway my point is- I understand the importance of technology and it would be ridiculous to say that we would be better off, happier, healthier, more connected to ourselves/each-other/nature etc etc without it as it isnt true. We have a choice to engage with it or not. I just feel that the times before we so heavily relied on technology- even to say how we feel- what we are doing etc etc seemed nicer, more serendipitous in some way and yes I would go as far as to say more connected and trusting in God. I do believe there can be too much technology, upgrades in this, synergies and enhancements in that... Will there be a time where we feel overwhelmed by the constant bombardment of products, or will we continue to evolve just like a playstation of TV. This morning I was on the phone to various people about various things- each Agent spoke to me whilst reading a script they had been trained to say as we exchanged energy through a phone line in such an impersonal and yet direct way. Somethings missing?? I sometimes feel as though Im conversing with a robotic machine - even my phone predicts my grammar for me which essentially is dumbing my mind and capacity to understand language. Even if it is helpful at times- what has it come to when a device assumes my thought processes and then sends the message for me how it decides! Sometimes I feel as though I havent been created for the modern world and I laugh at my technology stupidity- how Im writing on an Apple Mac I dont really know how to work- how I didnt really need it but I bought into an identity- a brand and it manipulated me and I thought to myself this morning as I was having to rely on so much phone line interaction... Are we giving away so much of ourselves to technology that were all becoming part machines!? You may laugh and think that this statement is dramatic but the more we all consume technologically feels as though our bare skin shall be covered one day in some kind of metallic suit with a chip and pin device plugged in somewhere. Its a scary thought- Is our reality now all that George Orwell wrote about and imagined us to be? Or are we the films in which we enjoyed unaware of the prophesies in them such as The Terminator? We enjoyed books such as 1984 and entertained the ideas but a dystopian-like future seemed way off- just like the predictions of Sarah Connor and her attempts to save humanity. -Is this all just science-fiction? You can use no technology (or is Technology using you..) or depend on technology entirely - this is a huge contrast of course - And I dont know the answers, my point is to just be aware of the above points and what a natural/healthy amount of technology usage is? Haha.. Im sure Arnie would know... Hell be back?? Zowie
Posted on: Mon, 05 Jan 2015 19:26:50 +0000
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