#14 - The End

Often times in life, I find myself distracted by things. The two most common are other people and my phone.

Who is to say what being distracted means? What if we have no plans or goals in mind for our immediate future and we choose to watch a YouTube video? Is that being distracted? Or is it entertainment? Or both? Is it good or bad?

I do not have the answers, but a lot of times it seems like we are distracted which leads us to not being fully immersive in any given moment. All I’m trying to do is be honest and raise the questions that others are not willing to raise.

As I walk around in life, I see more and more people on their phone which is ironic because I’m writing this on my phone. I believe these phones can be useful tools. It is basically a super computer in our pockets. So my question is, who wouldn’t be drawn to check that thing every 2 minutes?

I try not to, but I’m not going to lie, it is hard. How do we know which apps are useful and which are distractions? And can an app be both? What if we have 70 apps on our phones? (I have 25)

I’m interested to look at other people’s phones because it can be a reflection of how they process their life at this point. Hell, we may be turning into some kind of computer.

All I’m trying to do here is throw out questions that I’d like to answer or even just bring up to other people. It seems we are getting so distracted that we are not asking the important questions.

Why are we even using all of this technology? Do we chalk it up to advancement? We say, it’s coming!! BRACE YOURSELVES!!

I say bring it baby. I’m here for a good time not a long time (Drake Voice). But seriously, I do not have the answers. Part of me worries for humanity and part of me enjoys having an iPhone so I can write blogs like the one you’re reading right now.

I say let’s embrace the technology as I’m sure this isn’t the first time in human history where something crazy seems on the horizon and we think it’s going to change the human race in some absolutely crazy way and there’s no way we’ll adapt. But we always adapt. So I say bring it on technology.

I say we embrace technology but let’s be aware of the distracting factors and maybe it’s ability to hinder our communication with real life people. Let’s try to find some sort of “balance.”

Love

Ben