Sure, it has been around and has done great amount of help and all, but also made us prisoners at the same time (me included).
Back to our dinner, I was browsing the menu deciding what to order when I noticed my friends were browsing the net using their Iphone. When I inquired if they are ready to order dinner, they replied saying "yes" and they found their order online - thru a review made by a blogger. Nothing wrong in what they did, but surely, it took away the essence of adventure and figuring out things your own. I leave you to decide if that is good or bad.
After dinner, we surveyed the mall to do last minute gift-shopping. Immediately, my friends went to the nearest A Shop in Bonifacio Global City (Mac Shop) to check out the latest gadget and if they are on sale. We all ended up buying gadget as gifts for special people. Well, even gifts nowadays are limited to technology? Again, if you think that is good or bad, it is all up to you.
Later that night, I got an overseas call from relatives asking for a favor. Guess what? It's all about technology, again! This time around they would like to check if Samsung S3 is cheaper to buy in the Philippines.
Are these incidents purely coincidences? Maybe, but for me it talks about how this generation we live in has become a prisoner of technology. Whether it is good or bad, it all depends on how we look at it. I guess we just have strike a balance between what is important and what is luxury. At the same time, we need to have the ability to know what is worth exploring yourself and what is worth depending on the World Wide Web. At the end of the day, we are after all, smarter than technology.
By: Eric Capacia
