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Aldous Huxley an English writer writes that the things we love most are ones that destroy us. We are obsessed with material objects. Our belief is that our possessions provide us the comforts. Hence we are attached to our possessions. In order to hold on to those possessions our modern lifestyle has become faster, more complicated, and diverse.
Materialism, technology, and attachments are all interrelated. With technology we presume to match the speed of time and hope to be connected with the world at all times. Email, TV, smart phones, social networking sites allow us to get plugged to the world, which is a great prospect by itself, but on the whole we have become more dependent on these things. We have forgotten that we had survived without them say about 20 years back.
Our lives have accelerated ever since the technology has challenged a race with us. Newer generations are already finding it difficult to relate to their kids, who enter a completely different world than their parents. This may cause a failure of our moral infrastructure. Already people have being identified with their material and social selves much more than their spiritual selves. Moral instinct is fast fading away, and nothing is taking its place as a spiritual guide. Cell phones, message texting, video games and computer games have become a necessity in life for most youngsters. About 120 cases of “Mental Health Condition” have been reported at the Services for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT) clinic of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) in Bengaluru, due to PUBG addiction in the last three months. Amazingly many urban school going children are exposure to such technology very early. This has in fact become a reason for school violence, bullying, dropout rates, concentration deficit disorders and the loss of traditional values. Unfortunately many parents and family members feel left out and left behind unable to connect in a meaningful way with their youngsters. While some parents become helpless and just watch their young one go their way, others simply throw up their hands, unable to understand what is going on and what to do.
Bedtime stories, fairy tales and religious books had once played a central part in connecting with children but now that precious one-on-one communication has been lost since technology has taken center stage. Technology in fact can actually enhance the communication level between a parent and a child if used in the correct sense. The internet is window to the world and getting information from the internet is like trying to quench the thirst by drinking from a fire hydrant. Use of technology is precious and has to be used in accordance with our social, professional, and personal values. But are we using it that way????
Aldous Huxley an English writer writes that the things we love most are ones that destroy us. We are obsessed with material objects. Our belief is that our possessions provide us the comforts. Hence we are attached to our possessions. In order to hold on to those possessions our modern lifestyle has become faster, more complicated, and diverse.
Materialism, technology, and attachments are all interrelated. With technology we presume to match the speed of time and hope to be connected with the world at all times. Email, TV, smart phones, social networking sites allow us to get plugged to the world, which is a great prospect by itself, but on the whole we have become more dependent on these things. We have forgotten that we had survived without them say about 20 years back.
Our lives have accelerated ever since the technology has challenged a race with us. Newer generations are already finding it difficult to relate to their kids, who enter a completely different world than their parents. This may cause a failure of our moral infrastructure. Already people have being identified with their material and social selves much more than their spiritual selves. Moral instinct is fast fading away, and nothing is taking its place as a spiritual guide. Cell phones, message texting, video games and computer games have become a necessity in life for most youngsters. About 120 cases of “Mental Health Condition” have been reported at the Services for Healthy Use of Technology (SHUT) clinic of National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences (Nimhans) in Bengaluru, due to PUBG addiction in the last three months. Amazingly many urban school going children are exposure to such technology very early. This has in fact become a reason for school violence, bullying, dropout rates, concentration deficit disorders and the loss of traditional values. Unfortunately many parents and family members feel left out and left behind unable to connect in a meaningful way with their youngsters. While some parents become helpless and just watch their young one go their way, others simply throw up their hands, unable to understand what is going on and what to do.
Bedtime stories, fairy tales and religious books had once played a central part in connecting with children but now that precious one-on-one communication has been lost since technology has taken center stage. Technology in fact can actually enhance the communication level between a parent and a child if used in the correct sense. The internet is window to the world and getting information from the internet is like trying to quench the thirst by drinking from a fire hydrant. Use of technology is precious and has to be used in accordance with our social, professional, and personal values. But are we using it that way????
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