If you’ve had the chance to watch the movie, “Wall-E,”
great! If not, you should take some time out and watch it. This is where our
future is headed.
In the scene below, you will notice that the people of
Dystopia, the futuristic city in the movie, are all consumed with their TV’s/Monitors/information
gear. They don’t see what’s going on around them.
Enough said, don’t want to say any more “spoilers!” Here's a clip from the movie, "Wall-E"
What do you think???
Is this where we, as a society, are headed?
If you are like most of my blog audience, you think that YOU are NOT obsessed with technology? Huh?!?
I can prove differently!
Let's think about the clip we just watched, what technology are the people of Dystopia obsessed with? Their monitors. Why? Because they keep getting streams of information.
Okay, let's flip to today! What piece of technology do we get non-stop streams of information on?
Our smartphones. Why? Because it's our most important mode of information gathering. It's how we keep in touch with family and friends. Our social media source. It's how we get our news, because let's face it, with Netflix and Hulu, who needs cable, right? What about Presidential alerts or amber alerts, or here in Arizona we get a lot of inclement weather alerts.
Safe to say it's our single most important mode of communication, 24/7, right? YES!
Still don't believe that we are a society obsessed with technology? Well, here's more proof:
How many times have you put your hand on your pocket, then smiled because you knew that your cell phone was with you and safe? Hmmmm??? Be honest!
Or how about, when you "think" you feel your phone vibrating in your pocket, you reach down pull it out and nope, no one called or text or messaged, nada! Your body is just giving you the sensation of your phone vibrating. But, we're obsessed thinking, oh someone texted me.
How about this, if you accidentally drop your phone it's almost like your phone stopped breathing. You're running around where's the battery? The back cover? Sweat running down your face, getting madder and more frantic by the minute until you turn it on and the welcome screen shows. Now you can relax!
Sebastian Maniscalco, one of my favorite comedians, says it best.
Where technology was and where it is now:
So, I leave you with this! Consider where our future is headed, based on how we live now. Don't be part of that statistic, be the exception! Make an effort TODAY, to spend more time talking with people, face to face/eye to eye contact. Make a resolution, no Facebook for a week! Can you do it? Let's NOT be the boy in the video, that can't take his eyes away from the monitor for one minute. Or the people you can't leave their information source, even to eat. Last question, how many of you have gone into the bathroom and realized you didn't have your phone and went back out to get it? It's okay, you don't have to confess, but that's a habit that's not easily changed.
Share your Success stories here! Would love to hear them. Questions, Quips or Qualms, open to it all!
'Til next time...Bye for now!
Have to go charge my cell phone.
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