The advancements in technology must have been good news to a lot of people. I mean, the feeling of having everything simplified must have brought so much joy to many. Well, it did for me too. Now I put everything down and just take a walk in the woods.
It would have been wonderful to be born in the days when technology had not evaded our livelihoods before the dazzling city lights stole away the beauty of the night; the days when you could listen to the sounds of the earth and stare at the symmetry of constellations; when time was an illusion too inane to be tracked down. We lived stress-free from unrealistic deadlines, the demands our modern days require; where every moment was precious on its own and every child dreamt of leading a nation and protecting their people, before educational institutions came along, stole the true meaning of knowledge and corrupted the youth with mediocrity, where now, some of those so-called scholars can’t even think for themselves, do for themselves or even stand up for themselves, for they let their minds get graded by test papers that are not even accurate enough to measure their full potential.
I wish I was born in the beginning, when we marvelled at the glamour and beauty of the universe instead of Netflix and Binge; we treasured the beauty of the sun instead of scrolling TikTok, and liked walking on beautiful lands instead of liking Instagram pictures; when women knew how to embrace their spiritual power and men knew of their responsibilities to feed their children and shelter their families; we had pure water from the rivers and ate rich nutritious foods which were never packed.
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I wish I was born in the garden where life truly existed and peace ruled the world; before humans tumbled down the food chain and brought migraines, pandemics, and cruelty to animals.
Now skyscrapers roam the earth, magnificent exclusive creatures don’t anymore. Car engines rove, replacing the dinosaurs’ powerful roars, fire came with light but burnt all that was bright, and iron came but toiled all that was good; critical thinking and the power of reasoning invaded the human mind and made humans wonder about all that wasn’t supposed to be wondered. Science became a welcomed devil.
We are on a steep slope we call development. Our world is hanging on a thread called global warming but we forget that we are the cause of it. As we suffer the consequences of our actions, we’ve reshaped the idea of purpose into unneeded wants. Technology has indeed brought so many good things into our lives, but we shouldn’t just see the doughnut and ignore the hole. As we appreciate the light, we should also recognize the darkness. We came into the world bare and it wasn’t a mistake. We are capable of surviving bare, that’s how strong we are. With or without technology, humans will live. That’s how it was from the genesis of things.
This article was published in the June 2022 edition of the WSA magazine.
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