- Apr 30, 2016
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It is my experience that the world I live in today is quite different than the world I used to live in for most of my life. There are many ways in which the world has changed, but I think the most prominent is access. You see, even ten years or so ago there wasn't as much access as there is today, and I think I liked it better back then. Now, I'm not saying the way the world is today, where you can look up anything you want to on your phone or watch in a moments notice is bad, rather I simply prefer the days where if you wanted to find the time of today's basketball game you checked the newspaper for tv times. It's one of those things that is ambiguous because you can't necessarily pinpoint a certain thing because ultimately life is life, but you know something is different. Personally, I've also noticed that this instant access technological influence has also interrupted my routines. Back when the whole iphone craze wasn't as strong, say 2007, I would have a more established routine where I was more efficient, and got one thing done and moved to the next. I think today schedules are more fluid with technology, people don't see the iphone as a cell phone like flip phones used to be where you simply used it if you had to, now people use it as a part of their lives. Also, with so much access I think people are numb to those little things in life we used to enjoy. Now people can watch shows instantly on netflix or watch sports games alone in their bed on their iphone. Remember when you got excited for that one game or show you could watch on TV that week or that one movie that was coming out. I'm sure people get excited for stuff like this and I do sometimes, but not as much as I used to and I think it all goes back to this information overload. Is the iphone controlling people's lives ( I guess it depends on the person, but I think it can). I also know now that people are much more in touch with others and while that is good, do we really want to know about other people's lives 24/7? This can be good, but it can also create a lack of self identity and jealousy I suppose. I'm rambling, but this to me is a big change that not a lot of people reflect on.
TL;DR - iphones should be used as phones not a part of our lives like walking and breathing
TL;DR - iphones should be used as phones not a part of our lives like walking and breathing
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