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Why Art Is More Important Than Ever
To be creative is to be in love with life.
Our world has gone monochromatic. When I was young, I used to paint scenes full of people enjoying the sun, elders talking together, and children playing in mud — but if you ask me to picture the world right now, I think of adults sitting in cubicles or elders left alone, and children stuck to their iPads. I am not against technology ,as I myself cannot go by a single day without using it, but I am against what technology has done to our minds
In an age where algorithms calculate our next decision and machines assemble our daily necessities, we find ourselves at a curious intersection of abundance and yet a soul full of emptiness.
‘Hey GPT, can you help me write this essay for my English class’
‘Hey Claude, I had to create this report for my work, create a 2 page writeup and strategy for the same’
The technological revolution that promised to free humanity from labour’s burden has delivered on its promise, yet left behind an unexpected silence around the corners, where everyone is expected to know the answers.
Knowledge is right at our fingertips at all times, but does that mean conversation and books are not important? Does that mean everyone is expected to know everything at all times?