Slaves or Masters?
Can mobile phones or Internet connections really empower us...empower us to communicate...maybe they do...but the question is at what cost?
They enable us to communicate with out any restrictions of physical, geographical or social borders...But, are they doing just that...Aren't they successfully alienating us from those that are in physical proximity to us?
The moment i hear the cell phone, come what may, an instant desire to answer it overpowers every other necessity...it is almost like i am at its beck and call...as if i have to, have to answer it...It doesn't matter, that i am sitting next to the most important people in my life, and having dinner...i have to answer that phone...come what may!
It is not difficult to visualize ourselves becoming slaves of something we have created for our convenience. Something which is supposed to empower us in now enslaving us, and knowingly and willingly we are ready to swap our seats in the power game.
Ironically, i use the very medium that i am deriding to put my point across...and funnily i would rather blog about this, than go across to my neighbor's place and share this thought with her, while having a cup of coffee... that's my musing of the day!
They enable us to communicate with out any restrictions of physical, geographical or social borders...But, are they doing just that...Aren't they successfully alienating us from those that are in physical proximity to us?
The moment i hear the cell phone, come what may, an instant desire to answer it overpowers every other necessity...it is almost like i am at its beck and call...as if i have to, have to answer it...It doesn't matter, that i am sitting next to the most important people in my life, and having dinner...i have to answer that phone...come what may!
It is not difficult to visualize ourselves becoming slaves of something we have created for our convenience. Something which is supposed to empower us in now enslaving us, and knowingly and willingly we are ready to swap our seats in the power game.
Ironically, i use the very medium that i am deriding to put my point across...and funnily i would rather blog about this, than go across to my neighbor's place and share this thought with her, while having a cup of coffee... that's my musing of the day!
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