Smart-phone = Stupid-people.
Mark Cuban
It's been amazing how cellphone companies were able to reach that tech level providing to us a device that's not only just a phone, you have almost all the music you want using Spotify, you have Netflix, games, social media, WhatsApp, Instagram, snapchat, Pinterest, and so many more. Our phone is literally connecting us to the entire world, we have an open door to whatever we want to know, read, meet, talk etc, in the palm of our hands.
It's great, I mean, think about all you can do from your cellphone, answering an email from work when you are at the beach and theres no need to go home, call someone at the other side of the planet anytime, with a video call, and very low costs, you can go wherever you wan no matter if you know the address, cause we all have a GPS on our phones, the possibilities are limitless, and day by day the technology and the application for our smartphones keeps growing.
This is the point where no-one seems to think about, what is the price we are paying as a society and as humans to have and use this awesome technology? The price is amazingly high, we are not aware of what this is going, and I can make a big list about the failures within. People driving and texting, bus drivers using their cellphones while carrying a lot of people, human relations are getting more and more distant, people prefer to use their phones instead of talking to each other, seems like the addiction is growing, and you can tell when you try to talk about it with the addict, and its like they don't know what you are talking about, they get mad, just like an alcoholic or a gambler who tries to hide their addiction.
This is a simple question, the trick is to have everyone controlled, and in a total stupid mode, blinds from what is really happening, most of the people doesn't even read books anymore, people prefer to pay the phone bill over buying food, cellphone accessories over spending time in real life moments. We are all under control by the mass companies, they achieve the impossible, they made us totally dependents from our stupid device, we are not eve able to let it go for an hour.
There is no magical solution to this problem, and the main reason is that for most of the users this is not even a problem, people seem to not remember how life was without a phone, without having everything in the palm of your hand. The need to be a part of something is bigger and bigger each day and people getting stuck on it is making a big fail in society and human relations. I think about the best solution, and it will be the collapse of this massive companies, at least for a couple of weeks, with no phone, no fucking social media, no more hours spent in those stupid addiction apps, no more people walking on the streets looking down, not even sharing a physical space with others. I wish we could have six months without cellphones and see how would people react to that, not having the dependence on that absorbing device, talking more to each other, getting to know real people, appreciate a nice moment without making a story to show every fucking addict what are you doing.
I'm hating it more and more, everyday I see situations where I hate people being so stupid on their phones, wasting their lives in from of a screen, trying to impress some other addicts, and feeling good just because you think you belong to this fucking hideous trend about social media showoff. Sadly it has no solution, and stupidity seems to be the path to reach happiness. Alexander Supertramp wasn't that wrong about what he did, and at some point I wish I can run away from this chaotic society which absorbs you with this trend, I'd love to run away, go live alone far from this people I hate, far from those selfish and idiotic behaviors where the only productive thing is that you are getting closer to die with each day that goes by.
Rather depressing, but your post reminded me of this video from Steve Cutts. I do not have to add anything, the animated film is pretty clear.
Never watched this video, I just loved it thanks for sharing it, its so depressing and so frustrating at the same time, how people could not rise their heads to see what is really happening, Im gonna keep this animation on my favs, again thanks for sharing it.
If I should pass by and I don't compliment and appreciate this your great work,it's a sin... Seriously you just made ground with this your post... The issue of cell phone as being the order of the day.,it is really affecting peoples life's though it as some advantages but the disadvantages is more than advantages... People now lost the courage to confront themselves physically instead they prefer to communicate online.. Some people especially youths now waste their time doing rubbish with their cell phone.... It's a good thing you said this... Nice post.. But it will be difficult to cope with cell phone these days because people are now addicted to it.. Bravo! Once again
Thanks mate, I know this is a sad thing we are living, and as you said it has some amazing advantages (like most of the drugs) and also have some good disadvantages. We are living in a really fast era now, and time flies for us to waste it on a bright screen.
Thanks for passing by and for your comment.
Dude I swear, if I didn't need a smart phone for my business, I'd have a flip phone.
I totally understand mate, happens the same to me, but I only use it for work, when I'm free I prefer to spend my time out of the mobile screen.
great post , my sentiments exactly , technology is great but we must put some limits or else we will lose the real human communication and our privacy .
Thats right man, like every addictive thing it has to be managed with wisdom otherwise it could led us to a stupid endless hole.