Modern Slavery

Modern Slavery

Guys,

Today I entered the subway and saw a lot of people poring over their smartphones and tabs. Most of them were young men. Majority of them were networking and playing games. At that moment I realized that in 21^st century slavery exists and All of us are slaves..

How much time do you spend with your gadget? According to www.telegraph.co.uk average person spend 2 hours using smartphone. I suppose that most of the young people nowadays waste even more time by using their gadgets. From my personal experience a person needs smartphone. I use it to check my email and to connect  other people through Facebook or WhatsApp. But I have to notice that 50 years ago people lived normal life without tabs and smartphones. Moreover, those people were connected with each other more than nowadays. In order to talk to each other they made an arrangement in café or restaurant and spent time there in a face-to-face communication. What I see nowadays instead of face-to-face communication people are texting each other. No doubt, life is faster nowadays and you need to keep in touch with your business partners, employees and colleagues and you use your smartphone for this reason. However, almost 80 percent of time that you use your gadget, you are playing, browsing the web or using social networks. Modern marketers have made you a slave of the gadget. They made you believe that you need to use your gadget to play or to socialize. If you see ads of any gadget you will definitely find extract where actor is showing you that he is playing or socializing. They do it in order to make peace of plastic with hardware valuable for you. Recently, I have seen two schoolgirls arguing about new phone, and one of them was blaming her father that instead of newest one he bought her previous version. It is slavery! You don’t need quad core processor and Full HD to make a phone call or check your email.  Do you think that you need to waste your time by networking or playing games in your smartphone the whole day? Think how much time you waste! Man try to use your brain next time when you see ads of a new device or you want to download a new game. Don’t be blind, stay conscious.

Sincerely,

G.A