It’s a common phrase used in the 21st century:
“Just Google it and you can find out.”
People want to know their answers right away. Maybe that’s fine if you can’t remember the 17th President of the United States, or you can’t remember how old Bill Gates was when he created his first piece of software, but sometimes it goes just a little bit overboard. I find more and more teenagers want to know the results of everything they do immediately. They want their exam results immediately. They want their projects graded immediately. If they don’t get the result instantaneously, they get angry and, clearly, impatient.
For me, I love the internet. It gives us answers so we don’t have to have a question sitting in the back of our mind for hours. But that kind of instant gratification shouldn’t be transferred to everything. Also, what happens when we don’t have the internet readily available? We need to re-train ourselves to be without the internet every once in a while. We don’t have to have Facebook right in our hands. We need to learn how to have patience. At this rate, we will eventually have no patience at all that we will totally disregard speed limits or any other speed precautions.
Just imagine this: ”I don’t have enough time to put on my seat belt.” ”I don’t have time to eat, that takes too long.” ”You actually take the time to choose what clothes you want to wear?”
From a quick perspective, there is no way of slowing this evolution of humanity. The internet grows every day, with more and more people accessing it every day. In a way, I wish I could stop the One Laptop per Child project, because I feel the children would be able to learn in a better way than using a computer. Sure, it has its advantages. But technology causes nations to lose their culture. C’mon, isn’t everyone afraid of Americanization?
-ThatOneGuy
i totally agree with what you said about the one laptop per child project it makes no since.
Just another reason why I won’t donate to out-of-the-country foundations.
Don’t forget Cha cha and KGB, instant answers over texts.
Ah, you are so right. Even when Google isn’t near, there surely is a phone.
I agree about cell phones. Yes, they are very useful when you need to contact someone immediately for an emergency. However, I think that being in constant contact with everyone ALL the time can get extremely tiring. Don’t even get me started on texting. People tend to get frustrated with me because I don’t have my cell phone with me AT ALL TIMES, which mean I often don’t answer my phone. It’s not because I’m trying to avoid people, it’s just that I sometimes need a break from the cell phone world. And recently, many phones are being made with internet capabilities, which makes the “instant gratification” even more instant. Don’t get me wrong, I’m guilty of it myself. I just wish more people would remember that America used to survive without cell phones and the internet.