الثلاثاء، 20 مايو 2014

Smart phones: Are you really smart

Once upon time we lived without cell phones and we were still reachable through normal communication tools (human ways!!!). We used to go out as friends (physically), we used to talk (personally) , meet and discuss things (intimately) at least through the land line phones or face to face
 
Then the miserable invention of cell phones took place, at that time you could reach any person at any time or at least send them SMS
 
 
Then they invented the polyphonic phones, the colored screens, added the radio, the camera ….. and increased our dependence on phones
All of the sudden later on we had the dam so called smart phone on which you have all you internet options, email, FB, Skype, viber , wtasapp, applications, and all have your history, personal data and personal communications so that you depend on it 1000% and if you forget it or lose it, it is a disaster!!!!
 
At first it was nice to have then the dependence on it is now scary. We no longer communicate personally and everything is now virtual. We share everything virtually, season greetings is a send to all option where it is turned into a task on your daily schedule instead of talking and sharing season spirits , your chat with friends became texting through whatever application !!!
Outings turned into each one of us checking in on FB, mentioning the persons they are with and location they are in
Instead of talking we text , in business environment : breaks that are intended to enjoy meals and socialize turned into smartphone company in which you see all people in canteen holding their mobile and chatting with somebody else outside the company, and when they are with that person they just leave them and chat with another one(s)
If you attend a meeting and got bored you start chatting with whomever using whatever tool or just send FB status bored and guess what?  Your meeting colleague start commenting with you on FB !!!

In family gathering or at home instead of talking everyone is holding their smart phone and chatting with somebody else

Some people go to the bathroom with the smartphone !!! people text while driving, in the supermarket, everywhere and guess what ? they are doing unnecessary conversations !!!
We lost the family and friend warmth and talk to each other’s wall!!!! as if we are in a big room (the internet) and each one is facing his / her wall and writing on it , come on look at each other and talk personally we are humans not screens of mobiles and laptops !!!
We now talk fluently on virtual media, and guess what when u face those persons you turn into “Batta Balady”!!!! And the cat swallows your tongue!!!
Our life is now behind screens, our feelings are virtual, and our outings are not intimate
I think the person (s) invented the social media in general, and smart phones in particular are technology geeks who are not sociable and wanted everyone else to be just like them so that they do not feel weird anymore  in the society and made everybody imprisoned behind a screen just as they are
I am longing to old days where we only had land lines and communicated in person, but you know what we have a responsibility towards ourselves we must resist the temptation of using them frequently, we should speak instead of texting, we need to do season greetings face to face or at least by voice call, we need to do happy birthday by personal interaction not FB post or posting song,  we must control them and not let them control us it is like technology invasion and we should stay free !!!

 

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