Here we are wrapped up in the digital era. They call it the "technological age". Like we've never been technological before...but I get it. Everyone is fucking attached to their cellphone/computer/laptop/tablet. There's no escaping it. everything is there. Our lives becoming defined by what we say we do on our Facebook or Twitter. Your friends are the ones that give you the most likes and that you like mutually as much. It makes dating awkward as fuck. You get to know people online in a situation where you have unlimited amounts of time to respond and say something witty or funny or charming or flirty. It's a whole new dynamic. Even now I am writing this out on my phone to post in my blog. I communicate with you, my readers, through the Internet. Through a computer or phone. You don't actually know me, but technology gives the sense of intimacy. If you know all my likes and see my pictures then you know me. In a way I suppose it's good. Fantastic networking. Meeting people in places that you never would have otherwise. Giving boundless opportunity to travel or learn or just try something new. But at the same time it adds a lot of crap. Spam emails. Endless advertising about everything under the sun. (There is this stuff called poo-pourri now...seriously it's real!) (Also! I found the blooper reel from that commercial.) But also your information is less secure. Yea buying online from that fancy little shop two towns away is way more convenient, but your contact information (Can you shout, "JUNK MAIL!"?) and potentially your financial information is out there. But I guess that's how it works. Always a trade. Convenience for less security or more work for more security. But it's also the process of our species (our humanity). We will continue to explore and learn and further manipulate the environment. People are so very afraid of this manipulation. That we should leave "nature" alone. But honestly, there aren't written rules on what we are supposed to do. We place those on ourselves. We don't have messages from other intelligent species from other times in other places. We are just feeling this thing out. So it's not right or wrong, it's just change.
Maniacally,
Mav
Ed Sheeran "The A Team"
I love this song. I love Ed Sheeran. I remember when I got to listen to this song stoned for the first time. It was pretty mind blowing. Check out his other stuff. It's a command, not a request.
The Cranberries "Linger"
Throw back.
"The enemy is fear. We think it is hate, but it's fear."
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