The need to revisit humanity!

Technology. It's defined as "the application of scientific knowledge to find practical solutions to everyday problems". But what if technology itself poses a problem to real life situations? Just yesterday I was enjoying a saunter down the road and I noticed a family sitting in an eating hangout. The parents were attempting to entertain their children and were trying to hold a conversation while the children would just stick to their mobile phones facebooking. The parents helplessly tried but obviously lost to the virtual company their children seemed to enjoy more. Aren't all these gadgets just taking the "family" out of family time? A hangout should be more like the gadgets "hang out" while people hangout together.

I have examples in my facebook friendlist that seem to take their virtual life way too seriously. My newsfeed last night had the menu that would even give the chefs from Masterchef Australia an inferiority complex. Who in this whole wide world would be interested if you're having a "potato and chorizo gratin or frosted red velvet cupcakes?" Why not enjoy the moment and savour the flavour of these delicacies rather than advertise the menu card on Instagram and Facebook?  I'm pretty sure even before social networking sites came into existence people didn't have a problem digesting food without publicising it. I feel the day's not far when people post "Pooping in Marriott, awesome bathrooms. The designer commodes just add to the pressure inside my butt and I feel I am more outgoing as a person now". People are more interested in showing off what they do rather than enjoying what they do. It's like "Post about it or it didn't happen". There's a senseless race between people to showcase who's life is more happening and interesting. Funnier are the trends on Twitter where even a person going to bathe has to inform the world before doing it. Not like there were plumbers in his followers list that if the shower stopped working a plumber would immediately be standing outside his bathroom holding a towel in one hand and his repair kit in another.

What was thought of as a means to simplify life and entertain us when we're bored seems to have become the 24*7 "go-to haven" for people today. People officially go to bed to sleep at 10 but "sleep" at 2 or 3 in the morning thanks to the addiction to social networking sites. Virtual relationships materialise on whatsapp at 10:00 pm and end at 2:00 am when there's an argument regarding a "last seen" feature; mostly the first sign of a cheating partner. I'm thankful to god that babies can't be produced over the internet. Atleast that keeps the charm of personal touch in place. Somewhere these gadgets have distanced us from our families and if you see the bigger picture, from reality itself. Personally speaking I now have a "no cellphones" clause with friends I'm hanging out with because seeing a phone getting more attention from your friend than you can be a bit harsh on your self-esteem. People seem to have lost the value of other people around them thanks to smartphones. Smarter the phones, dumber the users. Just try getting rid of your phone and see how much more time you actually have on your hands. You could do so much more if you actually didn't let a gadget dictate terms to you.

Infact what technology has done is helped people master the art of surviving in isolation. People actually prefer staying alone and would rather be on a date with a gadget all day than talk to homosapiens around them. They sleep at a place not which they find comfortable but at a place where there is a charging location nearby for their phone.They vent their anger and send feelers to people through songs and status updates on facebook but don't confront the people to solve the problem once and for all! Too much of anything is bad. Einstein once said "It has become apallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity". Hope it doesn't come true. So give importance to people around you.  Live outdoors and don't just be confined to the 4 walls of your house. Let technology be a "part of your life" and not Life itself because when you die gadgets won't remember you but people you shared your life with..WILL.