There is a world around us. There are people around us. There is also a smart-phone in our hands, through which we look at the world and communicate with people.
We have ears and eyes to hear and see what is going around us, and we also have a smartphone, through which we see and hear the world.
In the age of smartphones, we live in a virtual world. We see the people and the world only through the smartphone, on the screen, as if there are no real people and no world.
Once we saw people, trees, animals, birds and buildings. Now we see them only on the small screen. Where has the real world disappeared?
People, in this age of the smartphone, are mostly virtual people, not real people.
Look around you, and you will see everyone, with his or her eyes glued on the screen while walking in the street, sitting in a restaurant, traveling by bus or train or while resting in bed. They do not see the world. They just see the screen.
The funny thing is that people feel the need to report what they are doing and where they are every minute of the day. Are they prisoners? Why do they have this need? Why is there lack of freedom and lack of privacy?
Do you, like most people, report everything you do, on your social networks?
“I am eating at so and so restaurant.”
“I am now watching a movie.”
“I am now eating ice cream.”
“I am now buying a sweater.”
“I am now drinking a cup of coffee at…”
“I am now at the gym.”
Is this truly important information? Will anyone remember it in a few minutes from now?
Is it important what other people are thinking, saying or writing about you? Are you a slave of their words?
Are you a weak and dependent person that constantly needs the approval of others?
Do you want to read what others are saying? That is okay, read, but stay emotionally detached.
