Time flies when you are having fun right? Time is certainly
flying but is it actually fun? It is for me but looking at the larger picture
it could be a poison that needs an antidote to cure it. What could this cure
be? Novelist, Abha Dawesar, talks about how the “abstract digital universe is
now a part of our identity”. Without digital media, people’s lifestyle is
different. We can focus on life, we can live the moment, we can realise and
value our existence. Technology has affected our flow of time, personally I
feel as if I have fallen into the ditch of what Dawesar calls ‘digital now’.
Without technology I am lost, where else would I receive my news from? There’s
no chance that I would go out and buy a newspaper as I would not know which
newspaper is the best to read. But with technology I know which websites to get
my news from (Besides from Twitter, the BBC is my number one source). I don’t
think I could go a day without technology, without it the day would drag on and
on. With technology life just feels like a repetitive cycle, ignoring the pure
joys of life. It seems scripted rather than improvised.
Although it may be great that I am a ‘digital native’
because having technology is a norm in comparison to my parents’ youth. In fact
it is a blessing that we have access to such advanced technologies but I feel
as if we are ignoring what is real in life. We are so used to technology that
the true feeling of reality is gone. Yes, I am digital native but that didn’t change
the way I lived my childhood. I was always out playing football and coming home
as the sun sets, that’s not the case for today. Kids of this generation are inside
playing NBA 2K16 on the PlayStation rather than playing H.O.R.S.E with their
friends outside. Things have changed over the past few weeks when the
sensational PokemonGo was released on smart phones making it obligatory for
people to go outside and catch Pokemon’s. It has affected people’s lifestyle as
some people are accidently getting exercise by playing Pokemon Go (I can’t
believe it myself). It is a real shame
that technology has taken over but the sad reality is, without it life is
really dull and there is no antidote to cure the addiction.
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