There have been numerous short films, debates, discussions, and videos in the past few days on our increasing dependency on technology. Whether it's the addiction to selfies, social networking sites, games, or even general news, we are breathing and thriving on technology. The raging debate of the hour is, can we survive otherwise? If not for all this technology, can we call ourselves developed or developing? Probably not.
There was a time when man discovered fire, and there was a time it burnt his entire habitat. It is now that time of the hour when the match is ignited with absolute precision, and it will have the elastic or boomerang effect on all of us.
We are increasingly seeing school-going kids handling smartphones and iPhones like experts on a space mission. In the name of security, we are handing them grenades that might burst anytime. We are not only stealing them of their childhood but also isolating them further, even in a nuclear family. Technology is creating the illusion of belonging, a mirage of being a part of the global world.
With the world racing with its services industry as wheels, we are at risk of losing everything tangible. We are all headed towards a future with no future. All the people making those videos and giving out these perceptions are just trying to prevent a dreaded time where a mother's love might be auctioned online in our so-called brighter tomorrow.
There was a time when man discovered fire, and there was a time it burnt his entire habitat. It is now that time of the hour when the match is ignited with absolute precision, and it will have the elastic or boomerang effect on all of us.
We are increasingly seeing school-going kids handling smartphones and iPhones like experts on a space mission. In the name of security, we are handing them grenades that might burst anytime. We are not only stealing them of their childhood but also isolating them further, even in a nuclear family. Technology is creating the illusion of belonging, a mirage of being a part of the global world.
With the world racing with its services industry as wheels, we are at risk of losing everything tangible. We are all headed towards a future with no future. All the people making those videos and giving out these perceptions are just trying to prevent a dreaded time where a mother's love might be auctioned online in our so-called brighter tomorrow.
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