I was reading this article about the things that babies born this year won’t know about. For example, my generation’s children won’t know what a fax machine is. Or what a tape is. Or CD’s. Or even privacy.
Nowadays everything is out on the open. Stocking someone is so easy now. There are website especially made to see where people are and what they’re doing every minute of the day. My kids won’t know what “long distance” is. People have relationships across cities, states, continents.
In 20 years when my child asks me what a book is I think I’m going to cry. It’s really sad. Books are my life. Just a couple years ago, it was considered disrespectful to talk to two people at once. Now teens text five people at once while having a conversation with their parents. We text during dinner, the only time of the day the family comes together as one. Even during church.
We’ve let technology over rule us. Nobody tunes in to watch to anymore. If you want to watch the latest episode of the Bachelor just watch it from your phone. Like that episode of The Simpsons when the iPods were whipping the humans with earphones. Technology took over.
No one no longer draws or paints. Art is now designing a web page.
In 10 years we won’t use paper.
Or watches.
Or wires.
We won’t be able to avoid anyone anymore. If someone called you, you had the option to answer or not. You can’t do that anymore. If you ignore someone’s call they know they’ve been ignored and will text you ‘til you reply.
We won’t forget anything anymore. Appointments, birthdays, friends, ect. It’s all on Facebook.
We won’t know the difference between work and home.
So many job positions will become extinct. Cashiers, travel agents, maids, salesmen, farmers, radio talk show host, shoe shiners, attendants, factory workers, phone operators, cab drivers..
When was the last time you took a cab?
It’s really sad. Just think about it for a while. It’s depressing.
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