I remember growing up hearing about trips to the moon, computers storing information and having phones that you can carry everywhere holding all your personal information. These and many other future come abouts are now realities instead of things hoped for. The old saying, ‘Be careful what you hope for or ask for’ is so true especially in the hands of vulnerable people. AI intelligence, for example, is an app that is destroying people. Those vulnerable people out there have come to rely solely on this platform that is computer generated only. It is a scary thing and becoming more and more part of society. All of these came through technology.
Understand that I am not boycotting technology. We need some forms of technology to exist, but when society begins relying on technology alone, we have a problem. The connections needed for human development such as relationships are quickly evaporating. Instead of human interactions such as listening, touching, understanding and more, some people are turning to inanimate objects (phones, robots and computers) for this need. It will not and cannot work. We were created to need others, not machines. For the insecure, rejected, and shy persons this is not a good thing. Some things in life we must be pushed into or should I say, led into? If not, those folks will take the easy road and avoid what feels uncomfortable, thus relying on machines for companionship.
When I was growing up none of these existed and I looked forward to having friends to connect with. That is all there were to fill the need for acceptance and acknowledgement – people, flesh and bone made. At times I may have been fearful of what others may say, but I learned many lessons from people such as my thoughts mattered and were just as important as others although different. I learned to chew the meat and spit out the bones. I learned that many ways of thinking existed and not just one way was for everyone. I learned to listen, digest and take what I needed and leave the rest. I learned my way was not the only way nor was others the only way. What was right for me may not be right for another and vice versa. All of this I learned through relationships with people, not machines. So, to live in a society where technology is leading the way is not always a good thing. In fact, it hinders more than helps.
A tech (less) society, one without technology, is where I prefer to exist over a society ran strictly by technology. A machine cannot give me true reality. Where is the compassion, the empathy, the forgiveness and love that we all need in life? A machine cannot offer a ‘shoulder to lean on’, a touch or hug so often needed in life or any advice given strictly for me. A machine cannot know me like another person can. We need others in life to love and be loved by. Something a machine cannot know or give. So, to sum up the one thing a society could do without is more technology or a tech (less) society. Wouldn’t you agree?
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