We want the old times back!
A sentence that we hear very often and scoff about. ‘Old people who can’t deal with the modern world!’ And yet, we aren’t any better.
In modern times we are so very lucky to be well connected, everywhere, anytime. Something advertised by any phone provider. And it sounds great, doesn’t it? We are able to share every single moment of our life and vice versa can be part of anybody’s life who is as willing to share as most of us are.
Newspaper are really slow news these days. Television is faster and yet, there is one medium ahead of them all: the smartphone. There are apps for anything, messaging people, looking at memes, flushing the toilet in your apartment, and, for news. Any broadcast, any reporter, any newspaper company now has an app that enables you to be immediately informed about the latest news. Sometimes news, that are life changing, but not right away. Sometimes news, that will scare the hell out of you, right away. Sometimes news, that will make you angry, immediately and repeatedly. And do we really need all this, right away? Don’t get me wrong, the internet is a great thing ( yes, I am looking at you, twitter, wonderful talking cats videos, Joe Biden memes) but with its overwhelming amount of information that we might not always like to hear, it can generate this longing for escapism that opens the mind to senseless information, sometimes even dangerous ‘news’ that create many problems of today. The spreading of half-truths through a seemingly trustworthy person gives in my opinion a certain group of people the idea that they got the truth, they never question it. One of the reasons to make people like Trump get so dangerously far.
What I am trying to say is: as great as being connected to world can be: sometimes being connected to your friends, family and inner self is so much more important. Always looking@ far, far away might let you forget what happens in front of you. And being up to date is important to judge situations but never forget to question new information before judging.
