The Digital Revolution

In another class, a classmate analyzed this image. Every aspect of this picture is consumed by some form of social media. The advertisement on the school bus says Facebook, the stores are Yahoo!, Google and MySpace.com, etc. Zoom into the people-- most everyone in the image is on their phone or computer. It appears to be a beautiful spring day, and people are out socializing with their friends.... but not the ones who are physically right in front of them. This Digital Revolution has begun to consume our lives. Professor Macek's class has made me step back and realize how INSANE it actually has become. We pick up our phone to check our twitter feed, despite the fact that we have just updated it 5 times in the past minute. We text people when we are alone in public because we simply cannot bare the thought of sitting alone. We feel the need to be constantly connected to one another.

The world is moving at a rapid pace and technology only continues to blow our minds. In ten years our world will be different, yet again. I think we need to make the conscious effort to set aside time each week to be alone without ANY distractions- to detox from this crazy chaotic technology-filled world.