Controller

Comparisons usually project the pros and cons of a subject, but as we take a step back and compare the past ten years to the recent five, we can noticeably see the drastic changes we’ve all come to make. Whether its in our basic routines to the smallest fraction of something, it is definitely within our lives. Its difficult to not be accustomed to something that’s universal, such as technology; but if you are aware then you can state the obvious. I for one am a product of this societal and technological change, with that said I constantly find myself depending and yielding to it. The fact that so many, actually the majority of us, participate in social media goes to show how dependent we are with what it has to offer us. Not much if you think about it; there isn’t always a benefit. Although social media and technology have been used in positive ways, they’ve ultimately become the controller. When you’re bored or out in public feeling uncomfortable, do you tend to grab your phone? As an alternative to occupy yourself? Do you get the urge to simply “check what time it is” but not really for the time? You see as modern day people, we’ve become inclined to having an attachment to our devices. We’ve let them overpower our ability to live in the moment, because while you’re browsing life is still going on. An infatuation for a screen is more common than the need to discover on your own. But after all there will be the next best thing and it’ll also have its ways to pursue control. Like I’ve said I too am a product of such a thing, but keep your conscious active; put your phone down and think.

-Angel Hurtado