Vasu Reddy from Chicago
We no longer have any more personal space. Our phones, computers, work, home, driving,
shopping, walking and whatever we are doing including sleeping is on a clock or
on a timer. Someone is monitoring or
watching what we do, even if we are unaware.
Our whereabouts and our habits are recorded and available. Not that we should worry, but our every
moment is there to rewind and review.
Despite the ever-increasing archiving of our every action, some of us
(many of us) are beginning to constantly update our every moment. What was at a time the life styles of the
rich and famous, is now the same for someone on Facebook or Instagram. Personal albums no longer are that, but on
the net for everyone to see, and perhaps reminisce and criticize. Our daily routines are common updates. While a personal space is on a constant
update, the same is also being exploited by the fanatics and politicians. For whatever it is worth our life is out
there in the cyberspace and updated and archived as we live it.
The more we advance technologically (which is now only
beyond our imagination) the less we can claim to privacy. The judicial system and educational system
certainly have a great amount of difficulty in pacing with the technology
advancements. We can’t be complaining
about our ability to talk, text, google and be in touch; all with relative ease
and claim to privacy. The disappearing
private space (time) of one’s life is a common aspect of today’s advanced (and
continuing) communications.
Do I really want to know everything? The breaking news, instant communications and
24/7 monitoring that is a part of everyday life, and do I really want this? All
while keeping every waking moment as a constant update all in as many channels
of communication as possible. The real-time
news and analysis (mainly geared to the negatives), even the weather update
every 10 minutes, really makes good listening for about 15 minutes, then
becomes repetitive. Even when referenced
as breaking news, what we hear is simply repeated and again, until something
else becomes breaking news.
We combine personal updates as much as we can and then we
get network coverage constantly, and everything is breaking. On a lighter side, recently Trump’s white
house spokesman had said that Trump’s tweets should be considered as official
presidential pronouncements. This man is
no longer working for Trump and the white house, and Trump is quick to change
his positions as fast as he can type.
Life and technology is what we have made for our self. We can be inspired by what it could be and
how far can we imagine and innovate.
There should be no doubt that we will continue to discover and dream of
unimaginable facets of our mind. There
is absolutely no limit to what the human ingenuity can do. There is no contest or there is no poll that
determines the next innovation, and what comes with the next generation of
technology is first the invention, then the after effects. We neither have control of our ability to
innovate and invent, nor the ability to foresee the after effects of our
inventions. As is with everything in
life, the good and the bad (sometimes ugly) goes with each aspect, and
technology gets no respite with after effects.
Imagine the days of solitude and life
uninterrupted? No longer the case, even
on the space station. What would it be to
get on a motorcycle (a huge Harley Davidson) and just drive coast to
coast. No plans, no GPS, no one else;
just drive until the next stop, and keep driving and visiting the grand and
welcoming nature. Leave the mobile
behind, and no internet to follow, just you and the Harley and the wonders of
the nation, and just keep riding, and just enjoying the nuances of the nation’s
beauty and diversity. Irrespective of
how long you ride, nothing is going to change in the world. The breaking news will continue to break,
will be the same when you log back in.
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