Thursday, October 2, 2014

Are the things you experience on your phone "real life"?

I believe that phones are reality, but in a very censored and restrictive sense. By using your phone, especially modern smart phones, you open up a new realm of communication possibility, which can have a very real effect on your life, allowing you to communicate with associates, loved ones, or other important conversations. However, this power can easily be abused. The ability to contact someone at essentially any moment can easily turn from being an effective means of communication, to being nothing but meaningless 'LoL's and unintelligent conversations. This escalates even farther, both the good and the bad, with smart phones. You can access anything you can on a computer, allowing you to do work, anywhere you get reception. At the same time, access to the internet can also be distracting, and you can quickly go from working to laughing at other people's 'Fails', which as no bearing in real life. So, are the things you experience on your phone real life? It depends on what it is on your phone. A spreadsheet for work? A conversation about where you want to meet for dinner, or about your work hours? Yes, those are very much real life things. A video about a cat with a funny meow? Or a picture of a cat eating a cheeseburger? No, those things have no bearing or relevance in real life. In addition, it is completely impossible to show everything through a phone screen. Life is about the experience of being their, of seeing an event with your own eyes. While phone videos or pictures can shed light on a situation, or give you the experience of being somewhere you could not possibly afford, it is never the same as truly being there. So, in conclusion, the majority of experiences on phones are nothing but restrictive and small glimpses of reality, but reality all the same. Some things though, are completely false and incorrect, but through a phone, it may be hard to tell the difference.

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