Ramya had gone to a restaurant with her friend. On the
adjacent table sat 6 guys who were barely conversing. Strange! Why? They were
busy with their mobile phones. One must have been playing Temple Run, one must
have been on WhatsApp, one on Facebook, one tweeting, and so on.
Silence engulfs a lot of gatherings these days. We’re lost
in our smart phones connecting with people who are not in front of us and
neglecting those who are. We prefer WhatsApp and Facebook chats to face – to –
face conversations. We inform our friends of changes in our lives via Facebook
instead of phone calls. “You didn’t know about it? I put it up on Facebook.”
I’ve been keeping a low profile on the web lately. So a
friend called and asked “Where are you these days? You’re not tweeting, no
Facebook updates, no blog articles, no WhatsApp messages...” “Well, you
should’ve called,” was my response. “Aah! That slipped my mind,” he sheepishly
grinned.
Smart phones were meant to supplement us, just like PPTs are
meant to supplement our presentations. But just like we let PPTs drive our
presentations, we let smart phones control our lives. Internet connections must
be on until the battery runs low; switching off our phones feels like a bigger
catastrophe than 21st December 2012; most ads are now about mobile
phones; we’ve lost count of the number of apps there are... wait, we never had
count of them anyway!
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| We can't spend a minute without Smartphones |
Tyler Dunden had said “Shut down Facebook and Twitter
servers. People will make real friends when they come out on the streets
rioting.” It is said that we cannot have more than 150 friends in our lives.
But 150 friends on Facebook is nothing short of a shame, right? It doesn’t
matter if only 10 of them interact with us regularly.
We agree that we need to spend more time in real life than
online, right? Let’s extend that lesson to our phones also. Let’s meet people
in real world than in the virtual one. Let’s make it a point to call at least
one friend a day and speak for 5 minutes. Let smart phones make our lives
easier, not become our lives. Let the conversation flow at dinner or lunch
rather than on WhatsApp. Reduce playing Temple Run and take a dip in the pool.
Stop looking for mobile phone apps and catch a snack with a family member
instead. Stop listening to your iPod on a walk. Let your mind wander; you’ll be
surprised at what it comes up with. Let’s remember we are humans, not robots;
let’s live like them.
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