Tech Trippin'

Me and my big mouth are here again to expose the dark side of everything (I just noticed that now). Then some random guy says, "Takes one to know one." Okay, dude... now that's dark...

Back to the topic at hand, TECH TRIPPIN'! Why would me and my big mouth be trippin' on technology? It has taken over our lives. It's everywhere. We may not know where it came from, how it's made, why it's there, or what it's for, but we use it like it's nobody's business.

I agree with embracing the 21st century.

I agree with using applied human knowledge to its full potential.

I agree with dominating the food chain, the world, and even the universe, if we're that cocky.

I agree with being civilized, practical, and looking smart by using these doo-hickies, thing-em-a-bobs, thing-em-a-jigs, and what-you-ma-call-its these days.

But seriously, when it becomes your need and you lose all track of common sense, instinct, reasoning, and logic, you make all the other animals look like a supercomputer.

We use computers, music players, cellphones and such every day. I can't really blame our dependence on these things on us. It's the environment society created which I suspect to be the cause. Society fashioned a world where everybody must be "in" and where anything rooted in money must be of top priority. In a world where skyscrapers, tenement blocks, subdivisions, factories, city halls, hotels, and malls rule, people tend to lose connection with others, have less time for themselves, and focus more on getting their priorities straight. Thus, they rely on said devices to get around the hustle and bustle of the modern world.

Now we get the picture, let's apply:

People in social networking sites especially facebook treat it like a second life. They make friends, like, comment, share, suggest, become fans, promote products, write notes, schedule meetings, remember birthdays (even if you hardly know a person), and other stuff a person is either too shy, too busy, too physically incapable, too afraid, too lazy, or too stupid to do in real life.

Take it easy, it's just a website for keeping in touch, easy communication, and friendship. Don't take what you see, do, and get personally. If someone liked your comment, it's either because of bias due to love, support as a friend, or they're simply saying "I agree." If someone blocked you, either you're a total stranger stalking they're every post, or you just get on their nerves in social networking. You don't have to immediately conclude that someone hates your freakin' existence if they blocked you. So what if you can't see them in FB? It's better to do it in real life anyway. Text is misleading. Emoticons are misleading. Online mannerisms are misleading. The net is misleading.

It's the age of technology. Everything is practically rooted in it. The reason why it's become part of the human lifestyle is because our current definition of survival is doing things faster, easier, and better. This evolutionary trait is passed on for the "survival" of the next generation and so on.

We're just having these problems of confusing: reality with the digital world, need with technology, and survival with efficiency, because human and technology are having a hard time getting along. Soon, harmony will be achieved and cyborg-humanoids will roam the world with minds that think inside the box, hearts that beat as one and love safely and accordingly, blood that flows through wire-like veins pulsating with electrical currents to our main power supply of a soul, and skin reinforced by metal to protect them from the heat of the aged sun, diseases of the polluted ecosystem, and the punches thrown by the last remaining humans who still struggle to dominate what they've made which they now consider an accident to mankind.

Hmmm... I just enjoy making highly unlikely but possible scenarios. Take this message to your hard drives, keep it in memory, back it up when your system ages, and reformat when all hope is lost (you do know that I'm talking about you and not your computers). I guess it'll make more sense in the future...

Let's look at the bright side. All is full of love... Hey, if robots were made by humans, they probably have the capacity to love if such a balance was attained. Such is proven by this beautiful music video... until you realize that the video is going backwards and that the two robots are separated from each other and deactivated for actually "loving." Tragic... just tragic.