There's another ad for Facebook Home I was livid about. "We reach for [our phones] when we have a free moment."
Why not try taking a deep breath and looking up at the sky or the animals around you? Wouldn't this promote a greater appreciation our planet? Instead of looking down at a screen creating an out-of-sight-out-of-mind mentality.
And not only that, the definition of a "free moment" is so loose anymore. Having dinner with family or friends does not constitute a free moment. That's time to truly connect. "More than anything, we use our phones to connect more with the people we care about."
Why the hell is that? Is a letter not more meaningful? Even a damn phone call. Liking a friend's picture/status update doesn't mean shit. It takes a second out of your day and requires no thought whatsoever. If we really wanted to connect with the people we'd care about, we wouldn't even have cell phones. "No matter what you're doing, your friends are always right there with you."
When did we disillusion ourselves into believing this? No one could ever convince me that being friends with someone and accessing their profile from a phone constitutes having them "right there with you." If you want to be with your friends, be physically with you're friends. And even that's not enough. It's the combination of being physically and mentally present that results in the best form of experience. I fear for what is to come. It seems that sooner than later, we're not going to have any thinkers if everyone is "connecting" by liking a picture of a cat.
Yeah it's something I'm guilty of also. But like you, I feel bad after going on. I might just go ahead and suspend my account for a while.
Macklemore has a bar hidden in the song "A Wake" that always rings home for me about what you said:Walk around looking through a fake lens. Apps this good, whose got time to make friends?
I think so, but I love all kinds of hip hop. He is waaaay more than just the catchy (over-played) hit "Thrift Shop". The whole album is pretty good, and I look forward to what him and Ryan Lewis do in the future. He's got a lot of positive messages in his music, and a very cynical and apathetic outlook of our current social climate in America. Listen to "Wings", "A Wake", "10,000 hours", "Starting Over", "Same Love", all good and deep tracks from his album The Heist.
I'm not too much into hip hop but I'll give it a shot if you say it's worth it.