A question of the mind and soul seeking an answer... I was minding my own business the other day, and upon a ponder, this question came right through my mind. The world that we are living in today, is greatly a scoop of fast tracks and fast foods. Greatly appreciated of course but don't you think everything is moving too fast? Don't believe me? Just look out there... every internet service provider is selling their services with a promise of a fast connection while fast food chains try to compete against one another, trying to show off their ability in getting your food ready in a matter of seconds. Even technological wise, we sought for better computing hardware every single time and I, personally, think it's ridiculous ( I do it too sometimes and that's why I find it ridiculous :P) to spend thousands and thousands of one's hard money just trying to catch up with the latest mobile trend or whatever it is that people look forward to these days.(not that it is any of my damn business how people spend their money :))
Getting back to my point, although it feels like stereotype, when some people say that their services are much faster than the other, it seems to be working a bunch load. We seek refuge behind the term productivity, creativity and innovation, in order to keep up with all these maniacal surroundings that dawn upon us, forgetting how to live life and how life should be lived. Let us just take a moment to dwell upon the terms productivity, creativity and innovation. In laymen's understanding of the term productivity, creativity and innovation, it can be simply defined as an enhancement in work, development and research for a better life. It is partialy true when we look at the new ingenious creations that we have around us. Handphones, mobile computers and hybrid cars, not forgetting the upscaled services for these devices including the net, new highways as well as cheaper energy sources BUT when one looks at a bigger picture, these new 'user-friendly' creations of man, can also be seen more as a liability rather than an asset.
In the physics world, newton's third law states, for every action, there's an equal opposite reaction. These are the facts that can be closely related to our discussion today. In our glorious world of inventions, generations after generations of people are forced to adapt and evolve to the use of 'mundane technologies' such as handphones and computers that most of us tend to choose these so called 'convenient' alternatives rather than an actual human interaction. Falling in love, for example, can easily happen through the internet without one person meeting the other while the context of love is lost in a 'lifeless' keyboard translations. Trouble is, it's not just this that we have to relate too. If we look at the younger generations, what exactly do we see? Yeah some might say that kids are getting brighter and more intelligent everyday but at what expense? They study at school, they go for tuitions, they come back to do their homeworks, while the ounce of time left are simply blown off in front of the computer playing video games or texting friends with their mobile phones? Trust me, apart from the lack of human interactions, children are starting to grow up in a rather life-unappreciative and non-healthy world. Haven't anyone heard of the term all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy? (not just dull in this case... it's bad for the health as well)
Talking about health, it's another matter that I guess some of you might want to discuss. With technology, health care is better organised and more of us are able to attain it's benefits. Of course these facts are true but then again, it seems that with the growth of health care, new viruses and illness also finds a way to evolve and 'mushroom' among us. Do you know that a lack of concentration in studying is actually an illness and not laziness? Or perhaps nervousness can actually be cured with just a few pills? And oh yeah not forgetting the mad cow disease followed by the bird flu and the recent 'pig influenza'. For all you know, these diseases might actually be cultured and spread among us by big pharmaceutical companies with an unethical thirst for profit. Yup. It's true. Viruses and disease can also be cultured through technology not leaving out the opportunities to benefit from other people's miseries.
There are other aspects which I wouldn't want to go into details here but do comment on them if you would like to. In a nut shell, I just want to leave all of you with a little ponder...'If technology is man's way to simplify tasks, what are we left with when there is nothing left?'
Cheerios....
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