There was a time when people did not know much about technology still, they were aware of most of the things happening around. HOW???

They were still reaching on time to attend parties or funerals of their close ones. HOW??

There were no social medias or other applications, still, they were in touch. HOW??

The question is not about how, but I think it is about WHY.

Why are we so addicted to our phones, and tablets?

Why are we spoiling our children future?

Why are we not living the moment that we supposed to be?

Why on earth have we forgotten that we need to enjoy life?

It’s been long that I hadn’t traveled by metro since my car needed to be serviced. I decided to travel by metro. And was shocking to see that every single individual was on his/ her phone!!!!! Some were playing games, some were watching videos and most on social medias.

9 years back when I was new in the metro, people were playing songs and enjoying the sight. At least they had that time to smile at a stranger. But now, we bow down and walk!!!!!!!! It’s like, “No, I do not want to see the world”. Seriously??? Why has this technology taken complete control over human minds? Do we notice or we leave it unnoticed?

There was a time when children were playing outside, in the hot sun, in the mud, in the rain, in a play area etc.… 

nowadays they play with their tablets and phones. But do we think how much laser rays could enter that child’s body and affect the child’s brain and weakens the eyesight? My nine months old niece will only have her food if any video game is shown to her !!! 

whose fault is it? She did not know there is something called YouTube exist, aren’t we who introduced this to that child? Are we stealing their childhood from them, where mom used to run behind and feed? Where mom used to introduce new things, such as the moon, sun, tree, building, animals etc.

Technology is for our good and usage, we should have control on them instead technology having control on us. Human brain created this technology not that the technology created human. 

We should make the best use of technology for sure, but we should know how much to use and when to use. We should introduce the technology to our children but have control on how much they are using it.

I read a study which published by Deloitte that has a title “FoMo: A new tool to drive organizational change” in the study, they have shared a graph for # of Times Typical User Checks Phone per day, as below.

Is that true? I will leave the answer to you.

Before that remember one thing

“This life is to live.” 

We should live our dreams and not leave with our dreams.

To live our dreams, we should dream.

To dream, we should be able to free our mind.

Let the mind think, let the heart feel, let your eyes rejoice with some exercise and let you be a human who has control over the technology.

- Preethi Seema