EDITOR – The more technologically advanced we become the more humanely disconnected we become.
Everyone is alone and empty, we no longer need each other anymore, there’s so much on our finger-tips we can gain any relationship with a simple click of a button. Human-beings are being helplessly stripped of the concept of free-will and inner-being, instead we are given sufficient delusion of personal serenity by seeking the material world we lose our inner world. Morals and traditional customs are shunned upon. The glorification of what destroys society is constantly forced upon us, what is now the truth of this world? Will there ever be a need for human interaction? Is the world really a haven to nurture the perspective of a child’s mind?
The traditional image of family no longer exists. Family is disjointed by the very technological devices we thought benefits us. In the book Brave New World by Aldous Huxley he predicted a dystopian society in which people will adore the very technology that will undo their capacities to think. In 1984 by George Orwell we are presented with a society that helplessly becomes enslaved by the advancement of technology.
I, as an aspiring author, am in fear and distress for the society I live in. Books, the greatest sentiment for our existence, are now considered taboo among most people. When I write my book, who shall read it? If everybody is glued helplessly to their cell phones, am I to wage a hopeless battle that I’m destined to lose? So in conclusion, get rid of all that which dehumanises us before it’s too late or we shall remain disconnected forever.
Darrionn Drew
Sarnia
