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Young World
Machines in our lives
KANCHI KOHLI
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Very often we find our five senses hooked on to machines…at the same time!
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Photo: G. R. N. SOMASHEKAR
Total connect: Keeping minds ticking all the time.
It’s sometimes amazing as to what a decade in one’s life can achieve; what changes it can bring about. I am sure we are all aware and gloat about the technology and communication revolution. One does not need to be a great analyst to see the visible impact of this. A new model of a mobile, television, laptop, music players in the neatest and smallest size for our consumption, each day!
Zipping past
But where is this leading us? I very often sit back and think how often my five senses are hooked on to machines, at the same time. Does it happen to you? One might be watching television, with surround sound; smell the food being heated in a microwave, fingers messaging a text out of a mobile phone. Thankfully I do not taste a gizmo to go with it!
And what is this doing to us. The speed of the gadgets has so taken over our beings that they have managed to keep our minds ticking all the time. We are occupied, always doing something. The art of simple gazing into an open space, allowing for thoughts to flow is a rare occurrence for many.
Early school and college assignments would have meant reading a couple of books, making notes, writing up drafts and then finalising it. And we would remember what we had done. With the internet taking over, data is at our finger tips. I am just not sure how much “cut and paste” would remain entrenched in our minds.
What has happened to long train and road journeys? The pleasure of being cut off is replaced by the beep of changing networks as you enter and exit a new “territory”.
Everything is towards increasing speed. We need to zip across expressways, carry our technological world in our palms; and keep our minds ticking. On the way make an enquiry call to get some important details; you first need to get past a machine, right? This is the decade of change. And when I find my gazing space I dream of a day not too far away. Most of us would once again decide to take the fastest mode of transport. It would work on natural energy, and steering it would require simple presence of mind. Yes, with the increased chaos of machines around, I wait for the day we all step on our feet again!
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