As life gets made easier with mobile technology (I'm using my iPhone to write this) our lives pickup speed. We can contact friends in an instant, buy food online and read books without paper. These, among other tools, should help us to remain organised and live life at a less hectic pace.
In reality though we spend hours tweeting, surfing and facebooking; a few words that were irrelevant (and to some extent non-existant) 10 years ago. We rely on technology so much (I am a victim) because we know we can get hold of friends if we are running late, do last minute shopping and make our gadgets beep when there's a birthday to remember. Rather than being organised with lists, a diary or, (heaven forbid) our brains, we are organised by proxy. We leave things later because we know we'll get a reminder to tell us to do something.
All our lives are affected by technology, sometimes in a positive way, at other times negatively. We have so much going on that we need an "app" to track what we eat, tell us how to exercise and to show how we slept during the night. Things that us humans have been able to do perfectly well for millennia.
Technology is immensely powerful, useful and in today's world, essential. But are we saying that because of thousands of years of evolution we have taken a forwards step in technology but a leap backwards in emotions, organisation and health? Would we die without our Blackberrys and Apples?
When we rely less on technology we use our brains and hearts more. We are intelligent, organised, emotive beings. The sooner we let go of technology for everything, the sooner we can embrace a more organised and relaxed life. We can still phone friends, train our bodies and be
healthy, we just need to organise without battery powered assistance.
Tom :)
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