Eyes affixed on the screen
With the advent of social media and addictive games and of course, smart phones, many of us live in the virtual world for a huge chunk of time.
Technology is a double-edged sword. The world continues to enormously benefit from the internet and smart phones, among others. They are just two of the inventions in the last 25 years or so that have revolutionised the way we interact, conduct business and even how we shop. Life has become much easier due to these advancements.
Meanwhile, spending countless hours on addictive games or on social media sites, or typing away on our phone without actually communicating to the person next to us, are some common scenarios we experience every day.
Evolution is, perhaps, inevitable. And since it is a process, we may not even always realise it taking place. But on occasions when we look back at a time several years ago, we often become astonished at how we and everything around us have developed, transformed or deteriorated. And, as we learned from the past, simply one groundbreaking invention like the search engine or the smartphone can change our lifestyle in ways beyond our imagination.
It makes one wonder how our world will be 25 years from now.
By M H Haider
Photo: LS Archive/Sazzad Ibne Sayed
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