Information overload: teknologiens indflydelse

It is true that technology rules today’s world and the now living generation. That’s a fact. Once I asked my father, how it was to grow up in the late 70’s without any kind of modern

technology; without email, mobile phones, television and such things. And he told me that he miss it, because people at that time was more together, they talked with each other, it was a more social society back then. Sometimes I dream about if I could travel back in time and experience how it would be like, to live without the technology we have today. There are so many things in the world I want to try and see, but in a way, some of the technology stops me. Because it’s easier just to lay back at home and turn on the televison. For an example, if you want to see Africa, you can just switch channel to Discovery Channel at the television and watch how it is in Africa. The generation before us, would had spared money for a travel.

How often do you sit on a bus, a train or ride your bike without having your iPhone switched on?

Easy to answer: Never. I am listening music all the time where I am alone. I can’t stand the silence if I am alone. For an example, if I am outside, walking, in a forest or at a road, my mind begins to work. Then I get creepy and frightening thoughts, paranoid thoughts. But it only comes if i am all alone, if there are people around me or houses, I feel save enough to walk without music. Like the question before, I am a bit like both. Because I often listen music, to be entertained, to get more energy and/or to relax but on the other side, I also like totally silence. For an example, when I draw/paint, I like silence; then I can concentrate my thought, so I don’t think about everything else.