The Bad and the Ugly of Staying Too Connected
I see people in the malls taking a million selfies. Pictures of food items get taken till the person wielding the phone is satisfied with them, even if that means letting the food go cold. "Eating", "sleeping" and even "feeling happy" are no longer emotions felt intrinsically but ones that are advertised to the whole digital world through social media. Gone are the days when relatives/friends would wait for postcards from loved ones living abroad, WhatsApp is so much faster even if it means letting go of that personal touch which pings can never give. Skype calls or hangout calls can never be the same as sharing physical space with a person, even if it means merely sharing comfortable silences in the other's presence. Traveling has merely become an excuse to bombard one's followers with photos of the trip instead of penning down their thoughts or maintaining a travelogue. When I look around and notice all this, I feel bad for my generation. W