Have We Become Too Close With Our Phones?
What once was technology has now become a part of us.
If I asked you who in your life knows you the best, what would your answer be?
Your mother, best friend, or maybe your therapist.
The answer you probably didn’t think of was your phone.
While it’s not necessarily “someone” in our lives, this piece of technology knows us better than anyone we know.
How you like to spend your time, your favorite interests, how you talk/text, your favorite movies, who you like to talk to, etc.
I can’t help but question if this is a good thing or not, and I think I’ve found the answer.
Our New Best Friend
When the first smartphone was released, it was life-changing to the world in many ways.
One of these ways was the ability to customize our technology, which was something never truly done before.
Every invention made up to this point was created with practically no way to make it personal except for maybe a color change on the product.
The smartphones brought along the personal touch with them, meaning everyone who had one was able to make it custom to them.
Whether it was the apps downloaded, the backgrounds of the phones, or the way we handled contacts, smartphones made it possible for us to make our phones feel like us.
Over time, app companies saw how revolutionary this feature was and decided to make customization a priority.
Apps like Social Media gave us the option to share our personal lives online, which was the first step towards linking our personal lives with technology.
This first step formed into many steps as we continued to share more and more of ourselves online.
More photos of what we’re doing in our lives, more profiles made all over the internet, and more websites demanding our information.
All of this is within the device in our pocket.
With us carrying our phones with us everywhere while making it more and more like us, it’s no wonder that our phones have become a part of us. Almost inseparable, like a new-found relationship.
I mean, who can blame anyone for it?
Our phones practically have become a second version of ourselves. It’s something that knows our interests, “loves” our friends, and adapts to fit what we love.
In a creepy way, our phones have become somewhat human.
Something that was once meant to be just a piece of tech has become our closest “friend”.
No one in the world can match this form of constant interest for ourselves like our phones do.
However, this type of relationship seemingly became toxic very quickly.
Phones are amazing at being there for us and understanding us, however, it comes with a few friends.
Our phones tell their friends everything about them and more, friends who shouldn’t be receiving this information.
People who run Social Media apps like Mark Zuckerberg want more and more of this information solely to profit off of, and he will get it by any means necessary.
More ways to share ourselves online only cause us to further our phone connection.
It’s not even a relationship between us and our technology, instead, we’ve become one, with our phones being extensions of ourselves.
This extension has been damaging our lives as we can’t even go hours without our phones.
Are We Too Close?
Absolutely.
What should be viewed as a piece of technology has seemingly slipped into our lives and become a part of us.
However, when we let this part of us in, we invite everything else that comes with the world with it, like the companies that crave your attention and the constant need for attention from friends and family.
It’s as if we’ve let this device in just to drain out everything we love about life.
And it’s no wonder people are becoming more anxious and depressed than ever.
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