Dear readers,
Recently, I've been meeting lots of new people on dates and such. One in particular struck me because she had an infatuation with her phone, with her friends elsewhere and herself, instead of someone real in front of her. Some might say that it was my fault, I didn't entertain her enough, I didn't engage with her and make her feel the need to break away from that phone, which may be true but bear with me here.
In a world where everything is merely a button press away, people are more engaged with their phones, computers and tablets than they are with actual people. They are more interested in their online personas, with likes becoming a countable noun and the obsession of creating a cohort of followers to out rival Jesus. This is all fine if it eats up 10-15 minutes of your day but when you can't eat a meal without someone picking up a phone to check if they've been loved, it creates a bleak picture of what being social means.
Yes, you could argue that you are being social because you're connecting with your friends but this creates the issues of social disconnection in real life. It's weird because we're blessed with such amazing technology but it's used in such a bizarre way (not always bad). Maybe we need to take a step back and re-assess what being social is and stop being so obsessed with the modern day romance with our phones.
Much love x
Recently, I've been meeting lots of new people on dates and such. One in particular struck me because she had an infatuation with her phone, with her friends elsewhere and herself, instead of someone real in front of her. Some might say that it was my fault, I didn't entertain her enough, I didn't engage with her and make her feel the need to break away from that phone, which may be true but bear with me here.
In a world where everything is merely a button press away, people are more engaged with their phones, computers and tablets than they are with actual people. They are more interested in their online personas, with likes becoming a countable noun and the obsession of creating a cohort of followers to out rival Jesus. This is all fine if it eats up 10-15 minutes of your day but when you can't eat a meal without someone picking up a phone to check if they've been loved, it creates a bleak picture of what being social means.
Yes, you could argue that you are being social because you're connecting with your friends but this creates the issues of social disconnection in real life. It's weird because we're blessed with such amazing technology but it's used in such a bizarre way (not always bad). Maybe we need to take a step back and re-assess what being social is and stop being so obsessed with the modern day romance with our phones.
Much love x
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