Digital Addiction

"The difference between digital addiction and slavery is that slaves are fully aware that they are not free."

I sometimes wonder how we will survive in a world without technology. Imagine if your mobile phones, laptop and tabs all of them just disappear in thin air. What will you do? I guess you'll walk out and try to observe the world you ignored all this while. You might just go to your neighbors to ask about your red leather ball that you and your friends accidentally threw which broke their glass window. Or why not say hello to the young tree which you once planted. It's been a long time since any of that happened. It will feel strange to walk in a neighborhood which you stopped focusing on .  Remember your mother once mentioned her hobby of maintaining a garden or maybe you missed it as you were busy posting selfies on your social media account. Don't you think you forgot about the happiness and excitement of a real book or a family trip? All those little things just got lost somewhere. No more libraries as eBooks are easier to carry and why talk to family when therapies are trendy!  Why focus on developing a hobby when anyone can become famous so easily? I think effortless is the new motto. I understand it's hard to confront teenage emotions so you all just chose to escape the real world.

Digital world is good at providing instant solutions to you. Its attractive nature of offering variety and flexibility has succeeded in capturing people of all age groups. No doubt it helps you grow and evolve but at the same time it kills patience and stability.

It's a platform to connect people far away, not a device to disconnect close ones. Especially teenagers who are fascinated with its features need to see the reality. It's not serving as a good friend, instead it's killing the potential to grow.

We are no longer using it, it's actually ruling over us. Letting a gadget control your life just because it's handy is not a smart choice.

We are fortunate to have been taught and counselled in school at various levels  to choose quality over quantity. We owe to our parents and schooling at mps, which deeply instills values in each mpsite and enables them to take the righteous path whenever it is the time to choose between the two roads. All thanks to the sagacity we acquired we know it is better to talk to the people around you and search inside you before it's robots who decide for you.

 

Palak Sharma

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