Hooked on Machines: Are Our Minds Ever Off?

It’s been a long time since I wrote here, and honestly, I feel bad about it because I used to enjoy sharing my thoughts. But it’s not too late; I’m back today, on this lovely Saturday afternoon, with a thought-provoking write-up about something that worries not only me but, I believe, many others too. I plan to do this more often.

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Yesterday, while we were waiting in our boss’s office for a meeting, I noticed that everyone was busy on their phones, with no meaningful conversation happening among us. I had left my phone charging, and it got me thinking about what we are missing as a generation. It took me back to my childhood in the early 2000s.
I remember those moments when the connection was organic. When I say 'connection' here, I mean a physical connection, not just TikTok or Facebook followers. People used to gather for discussions, crack jokes, and feel a sense of belonging and togetherness, but today, it is rather the other way around. We have invested our time to the digital world to an extent that we don’t value those kinds of connections now.

Lunch breaks at work now turned into doom-scrolling time, little do we know that doom-scrolling is not resting, you are still putting your brain to work. This literally means that now our break is active 24/7, and imagine the effect it will have on us in the long run. Yes, you feel like you have achieved some sense of connection and relaxed, but there will likely be significantly higher levels of emotional exhaustion later in the day, more to it here.

Moments we have the opportunity to glorify and feel the beauty of nature, we now trade it for screen time. Few months ago, I went to the beach with a friend of mine who came to the city during his holidays, experiencing nature turned into a photo shoot session, I noticed he was more concerned with taking pics to show to the world than to really have a nice experience of the beautiful see breeze.

I want this post to be short, so I will stop here otherwise, this post alone can not contain all I have to say on humans getting hooked on tech and the effects. My ranting about this does not mean I am perfect, I am also facing the same issue, and I believe it is not getting better any time soon but I am encouraging you, the one reading this, to ponder this and be mindful that there is more into life than what we see online. Try as much as possible to moderate your screen time. I know it is hard, but try it. Unplug

This post was 100% written by me, and the grammatical errors were corrected by Grammarly.