We are all just students in this classroom called life. I will admit, I myself think this sounds a little cheesy, but it is definitely something that I believe. Whether you realize it or not, you do learn something everyday--you either gain new information or see something that you have never seen before. Life is a classroom. And whether we realize it or not, we are not always right. There is not always something relevant to say. That doesn't mean that we are stupid, but instead that we have not gained this information. It is in this way that we share information and learn from one another.
I am interested in everything. I don't know if this is always good, but I am interested in gaining new knowledge all the time--it doesn't have to be important knowledge, but I just like knowing things. If I come across words in a book that I don't know, I look them up right away or write them down and look them up later. If I read or hear about something that I don't know about, I google it. I consider Google and Wikipedia two of my valuable friends....yes, I did say that.
This is my question, and its a question that has just occurred to me: if I weren't a child born into this era of modern technology, would I have these same views? Technology has made knowledge so easily accessible that I truely believe that some people would feel that they had just had one of their limbs amputated if they were to be without it. Smartphones, Wifi almost everywhere, and social networking websites have become a very "important" parts of peoples lives. I won't say that this doesn't bother me from time to time. I learn so much from the internet. I will admit that I rely on it too much. But back to the question: would I have these same views? I'm not sure. I have no idea what kind of person I would be if I would have been born hundreds of years ago, or even 60 years ago and without this extra limb that is technology. This really scares me.
Sorry I am going to leave it at that...
The sad thing to see is: all this knowledge is at our fingertips waiting to be taken in, but so many people turn their backs on it because there is a stigma associated with knowledge. To me this is pitiful. A few hundred years ago people would have given anything to have access to knowledge. But now it is taken for granted. It is shoved into the closet waiting to be used; watching itself get trumped by Facebook and online games. We rely on technology for the wrong reasons.
ReplyDeleteThat is a really good point! I would bet that most people (especially younger people) when asked about the internet would talk about facebook. Even myself included. Sometimes when I open my computer with the intent to look up information, I find myself typing in "facebook.com." By the time I get there I am wondering how I got there. What part of my brain thought "facebook" when that wasn't even my overall intent? It is crazy! There is so much more out there to obtain that cannot be found on facebook. Thanks for reading and giving input!
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