Tuesday, September 15, 2020

Fast Forward

In my young age, I used to play with my friends always, I never understand what is computer at the age of 12. Landline at home is a big thing. Even we can see television at home but seeing telephone is a big thing. If someone has telephone in their home then they are rich. 

I have friends who cared for me. When my mom was alone and was not feeling well my friend somehow know this and in next 30 mins he will take her to hospital. Not in auto or car nor bike, he will take her in a cycle. In next 30 mins my father and me would know this information and we would be in the hospital. No telephone connectivity or internet. I enjoyed my life with my friends, family, relatives, neighbours. But now seeing some advertisement like kid enjoyed creating an application! "Oops! sorry it's not application, you have to call it as app" because it's a short version. By seeing this advertisement, I am literally crying out, where these people are taking our kids? At the age of 10, kids are becoming man. Life is shortened with fast forward button. 

Nowadays when we know someone was not well from our friends family we will know only after their treatment is over. Because we are technologically improved, so don't need to give values to human sentiments. Only after the treatment is over we will know someone known to us was in hospital and discharged, even after we will not go in person to show us we care for them but we will just message them "TAKE CARE AND CALL ME FOR ANY HELP". Because technology is improved ddo much. This is where we live, many of these things are applied to me also.

Why did we go in this way? Is this because of technology? If smart phone or gadgets is a technology to us now that means telegram or letter or rare telephones and mario or solitere are the technology in olden days. But we never used telegram to ask how the treatment went or used letter and sit in the mario for continuous days In most of the situations we went in person to show our tenderness to help or to show our care. 

So what happened nowadays? Not only technology has upgraded, but our mind is also upgraded to "DON'T CARE POLICY". My father is in his 70's still he uses smart phone and gadgets for his entertainment, but he never and ever misses his opportunity to greet or help people in person. 

Our mind has corrupted to soreness, not technology made us to the corrupted mind.

I started some where and ended no where!!!

1 comment:

  1. Wonderful Sundar, I totally echo your sentiment. Technology has just shunned our social acquaintances. It's all texting in watsapp and sharing photos, no real time interactions. Post this lockdown due to corona virus, working from home has become the new norm. But have we observed how much human interaction has come down? Social gatherings, team lunchs, tea breaks, casual interactions, team meetings, team outings and so on has become obsolete. We are humans, we need socialising not machines. Looks scary where we are heading towards...

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