Homelandia Part 5
Disclaimer - Homelandia is a series of posts sharing my experiences from my recent trip to India. All the posts are based on true events exaggerated with a bit of masala (spice) in a truly Indian fashion. This includes some immature and naive opinions voiced by yours truly. No offense intended. None taken. Click here to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 6 and Part 7 of the series.
My smartphone is making me dumber. I use very little of my brainpower and rely more on the processing power of my Apple A7 processor. I rely on Google to answer the silliest questions, use calculator app to calculate tips, blindly follow google maps for directions, depend on Facebook to remember birthdays. On top of all these things, recent incidents described below made me realize that I have been outsmarted by my smartphone.
Disclaimer - Homelandia is a series of posts sharing my experiences from my recent trip to India. All the posts are based on true events exaggerated with a bit of masala (spice) in a truly Indian fashion. This includes some immature and naive opinions voiced by yours truly. No offense intended. None taken. Click here to read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 6 and Part 7 of the series.
My smartphone is making me dumber. I use very little of my brainpower and rely more on the processing power of my Apple A7 processor. I rely on Google to answer the silliest questions, use calculator app to calculate tips, blindly follow google maps for directions, depend on Facebook to remember birthdays. On top of all these things, recent incidents described below made me realize that I have been outsmarted by my smartphone.
New Year's day
12:00 AM: RJ(my 'for better of for worse' half), his mom and myself are hugging and wishing each other.
12:05 AM: All three of us are buried in our smartphones and our phones are beeping non-stop.
12:10 AM: As I recycle another new year message to yet another whatsapp group I think to myself: Within 10 minutes of our new year, all three of us have chosen to be present online rather than being present mentally with each other. So have all our friends considering the number of whatsapp messages received between the three of us. Raise your hand if you reached for your phone within 5 mins this new years.
On meeting my friend Y after a decade.
Me: Wow! It doesn't really feel like its been 10 years since we last met.
Y: Yeah! Do you know what our mutual friend D is up to?
Me: Yeah, She is living in California now and she had a baby boy last year.
Y: Good that you are in touch with her.
Me: (little embarrassed) Actually I haven't spoken, emailed or chatted with her in a decade. We are just Facebook friends. This same conversation proceeded for another 4 of our mutual friends. This incident got me thinking. I am duped into thinking that I am in touch with my friends. Just because I get their updates with the convenience of a few clicks doesn't mean that I really know what's going on with them or that we are still really friends.
PS: Do you feel outwitted by your smartphone? Feel free to share your stories in comments below or on facebook using your smartphone :).
On meeting my friend Y after a decade.
Me: Wow! It doesn't really feel like its been 10 years since we last met.
Y: Yeah! Do you know what our mutual friend D is up to?
Me: Yeah, She is living in California now and she had a baby boy last year.
Y: Good that you are in touch with her.
Me: (little embarrassed) Actually I haven't spoken, emailed or chatted with her in a decade. We are just Facebook friends. This same conversation proceeded for another 4 of our mutual friends. This incident got me thinking. I am duped into thinking that I am in touch with my friends. Just because I get their updates with the convenience of a few clicks doesn't mean that I really know what's going on with them or that we are still really friends.
PS: Do you feel outwitted by your smartphone? Feel free to share your stories in comments below or on facebook using your smartphone :).
To be frank, I sometimes end up categorizing as Facebook friend and other friends :)... But yeah I do feel that we shud live in the moment rather than online :).. But sometimes I do need my smart phone to b with my friends forever ☺️☺️☺️☺️
ReplyDeleteSame here.. I still love my smartphone and can't live without it :)
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