I was on my way to school.Usually i do not go to school by bus,i go to school by walking.But today i woke up lately so i had to go by bus.when i went inside the bus i saw one lady sleeping,a gentleman scrolling through his phone and other people are busy doing random stuffs.Most of them were using gadget or sleeping.To pass my time i decided to watch the beautiful fresh enviroment because it feels peaceful.
the man is on his phone.he looks like he is worried she is worried too.and looks like there not happy.i think my head is hurting this was said by a 8 yr old boy
I get onto the train with my headphones in. My mind tunes out the music as I look out the window gazing at the trees that pass. All of a sudden these thoughts had rushed into my head about my past. What if I had never tripped and scraped my knee in the first grade? Would I have still met and befriended my best friend? If that one incident did not happen my life would have been completely different. I would have gone through my hard times alone. What if I didn't stand up for my classmate that was being bullied? Would she even be alive and engaged? Every little thing that I do either impacted the lives of others or my own life. One simple "hello" can change the course of someone's life. What if I was destined to be with the person sitting across from me on the train? But neither of us speaking so the opportunity flies by. Our lives are full of "What ifs" and sometimes we take on the opportunity and sometimes we let them go.
The ride represents the journey of our lives in the current generation, revealing peoples inability to connect. Mainly, technology is to blame for this. Such a small thing has expanded into our reality. We prioritize social media on a day to day basis, completely avoiding the world that is right in front of our eyes. We fail to acknowledge the reality of it all. We lose connection with the people around us by choosing to surround ourselves with the latest and greatest on the web. We fail to see the real world, as our mind has been consumed by technology. Isolation to reality has become our fate, and only few are able to see it.
They say we are in control of our technology, but I believe the contrary. Our lives are controlled by the little machines we have in our pockets, and some of us devote our lives evolving the phones.
How is it that the phone is more addicting that any other drug? It's as if with every "ding!" and vibrate and notification, the phone lures you closer to the world where all of our lives depend on the phone and what it says. All of our emotions based heavily on the responses the tech gives. Each and every aspect of human life contained in the artificial intelligence.
I observe as the man across from me stares at his phone for hours and hours on the train ride.
Wow, I thought. This society is going to become heavily drugged by tech.
The urge to take out my phone is powerful. Perhaps I should browse Instagram, or send my streaks? Maybe I should find another new puzzle game to install. I finally slide my phone out from inside my jacket pocket, pressing down lightly on the fingerprint scanner. I peer down at my home screen, anxious about what to do next. Less than 5 minutes later, I snap out of my trance. I dully glance at the screen once more before putting my phone down.
For a few moments, I decide to observe the outside world. My mind is quiet and at peace for the first time in a while. I peek over at the guy across from me and notice that he's aimlessly scrolling through social media. His face is expressionless as he glimpses into the carefully constructed "happy" lives of his peers. How strange it is, being glued to a small object.
I scoff and look around at the other passengers. About 3/4 of the people I see are on their phones, their eyes captivated and minds trapped.
I realized that I was like them. I was bored, restless, and uncomfortable without my phone. In this current day and age of technology, I could never go anywhere without it. It kept me occupied, making 20 minutes feel like 5. When did technology stop being a helpful tool and start becoming something we relied on for everything?