In every morning that we wake up, are we really rising to face another sunshine or are we just about to enter an escape from the reality that life could be you and me, face to face, exchanging good mornings personally and not in social media community? In Sherry Turkle’s “Connected but Alone?” she emphasized how technology has impacted our lives especially in communication.
Twenty years ago, the internet was an escape from the real world but today, the real world is an escape from the internet.
Technology has changed everything, from what we do, to who we are, tech had been the greatest factor of this all. Because of this evolving generation, machines are not the only one’s who’s upgrading, humans as well. But just like any other machines that has been left out due to the modernization and globalization, the people of this universe are also suffering from a disease that technology had caused. It is a disease that is continually growing and developing and if we will not make any action, we will eventually forever be connected but alone.
Whenever our phones are left at home or low in battery, we feel anxious or frustrated about it. We opt to think that our devices are our greatest and the best companion that we could ever have. Because despite the people that surround us, the longing and desperation to hold our gadgets became innate to us. It sad how technology no longer make us united just like its impact when technology was just starting (CITATION). In a family dining together, texting, chatting and skyping with friends instead of laughing and exchanging thoughts in reality had been a practice of almost CITATION STATS.
The real trouble of this generation is that we tend to focus on connecting to everyone else but the sad reality is, we are practicing to disconnect and costomize our lives with what is trending and what is new. Going with the flow with the way of living of other people, being too dependent to the status that social media had been implementing and most especially we are so drowned to the fact that we need to realistically fake ourselves in order to connect. Charging to connect is new game rather than connecting to recharge our spirits.
It is fascinating that we are so in love with communication, but the real deal is, we are actually losing conversation just for mere connection. Uploading stories on messenger, having a lot of followers on Instagram, updating the universe regarding your feelings and happenings in life on Twitter, and exploding notifications on Facebook are just some connections that we are so addicted about. We all wanted constant attention that we do all kinds of stuff just to maintain the image that we have created.
