So many people like talking sh*t about the widespread obsession people have to technology
today, particularly, their phones. But talk is cheap, and we’re all guilty of paying a little too much
attention to our cellular devices. Let’s embrace the inevitable! Let’s look at our phones when we
feel like it and take more pictures than we’ll ever need in our entire lives. Most importantly, let’s
not feel guilty about it!
As humans, we’re social creatures, and a great source of meaning in life comes from our
interactions with one another. Nothing connects people to each other more than our phones. I
remember when I was a kid (before the age of social media), my teacher told the class that we’d
all likely forget the faces and names of the people we met in school when we grew older. I
guess the joke was on him. At this rate, no one will forget anyone, ever. Why interact with the
people in front of you when you can stare at pictures on social media of people you haven’t
seen in months or years. Let’s face it, sometimes we want to ignore the people in front of us,
and trust me, phones will prove to be a wonderful distraction.
But do wanna know the most wonderous distraction phones come in the form of… Apps! Apps!
Apps! What on earth is better than a good app? Better question: what isn’t possible with an
app? Never have there been so many things accessible at our fingertips. All through the apps
on your phone you can order food, buy groceries, stream movies and tv shows, find a date, do
your taxes, and so much more. That’s real power. With all that available to us how could
anybody expect us to be looking straight ahead when it’s so much better to look down at our
screens (and all of the possibilities they bring) — big shout out and apology to the guy that I
knocked into yesterday!
Another great power phones have bestowed onto humans is the ability to immortalize
memories. Has taking photos ever been easier? In the past, people couldn’t as easily capture
the big moments that happen in life, but it’s never been easier to capture the subjectively
smaller ones that people are prone to taking today. If your heart desires, take a picture of the
fancy (or not so fancy) plate of food you just ordered, take a picture of the obscenely long line
your standing in or the activity that you’re doing. The world is your oyster, and I’m sure people
will care about the mundane aspects of your everyday life! Even if they don’t, you’ll always
remember when you look back at the sea of pictures you’ve taken over the years.
Having taken into account the sheer magnitude of possibilities phones bring nowadays, isn’t it
high time for us to admit to ourselves that they are our best friends and there is no shame in
that.