Let's be human again

Everyone around me is on a Blackberry, iPhone, iPod or some device and I thought I’m surrounded by zombies in lala land.  No one is talking, no one is looking at anyone.  Microsoft, Apple and the rest might as well put a chip right in everyone’s brains and transmit everything directly there.  With all that’s happening in the world, is anyone talking or discussing anything?

 The web is supposed to make the world smaller by connecting everyone, but I think that’s hogwash because no one talks except in cyberspace.  Computers are supposed to make us smarter but we don’t know anything unless we google it.  Social networks are supposed to make us more social, but I think that’s bullshit because people only talk through text and online messages.  People are forgetting how to socialize, how to look people in the eye or shake hands.  People are getting depressed on social networks as they judge their own lives against the perfectly tailored pictures they see online.  Does anyone on Facebook ever look unhappy or sad, aren’t they always on the perfect beach or party? 

With everything happening all around us we are all emotionally lonely and physically drained.  A lot of us are lonely and need to put away the gadgets and be human again.  We need the human touch, the human connection that cyberspace can never give.  We all need to be nice to each other, more compassionate and we all need to bring respect for others back into our lives.  We are not machines, but people.  Let’s all give each other and the world a nice big hug, we all need it.