Monkeys and the toys
In the past few years, we have given up the habit of being alone. Surely we might be alone at home, or sitting by ourselves at some cafe sipping our coffees, but we are glued to some or the other distraction while we are at it. Technology has given us so many toys and gadgets to fill up our empty time, space and lives. Look around you, people are walking alone yet have buds plugged in their ears, a couple is maybe sitting in a cafe yet glued to their own phone screens. Someone is reading, someone is watching Netflix and chilling. It's so much easier to doomscroll and fidget than face our innermost thoughts. Most of us find these extraneous distractions much more meaningful and rewarding in the moment. Some reels, some shorts, some videos and we feel accomplished and knowledgeable. When did we last read an actual book or researched deep into a topic? Isn't it so much easier to ask AI to give an overview of opinions and facts so we can accept it as validated and true? How dumb a...
