I think all of us agree that we as a community have evolved over time or in other words have made progress in technology and other spheres of life which makes our life easier. Man has landed on moon, we have made all kinds of gadgetry which make our day to day activities simpler. We as a community feel proud of these achievements, but then what get missed out is that all these developments have made us more dependent on external environment. We have become so much dependent on some many things that missing any one of them makes our day miserable.
In order to survive we of course need food and we also need emotions, which in my view cannot be done away with. There are other things which are not necessary for our survival per se but then we get an ‘addiction’ for it.
I was trying to figure out what are things which I am ‘addicted’ to apart from basic necessities of life. Here is the list such things in order of their priority (please note the list is not exhaustive, however I have made an earnest effort in this regard):
- Internet – Gmail, Orkut, Yahoo!, Blogger, Google
- My Cellphone
- Transportation system – Central Railways (Harbour Line), BEST and auto-rickshaws
- My radio
- My Computer at work
I don’t know whether the so called ‘development’ and ‘progress’ which has made us more dependent on external environment is for our good (or otherwise) and that its absence makes our life miserable. I don’t what to call it ‘development’ or ‘dependence’ or ‘decay’(!!).
Current Muzik: Abhi alvida mat kaho doston
Current Mood: Unstable
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