Just a random thought...
We do live by emails and instant messaging these days, don't we?
At last count, I send about 50 personal emails and 50 work-related emails on average per day. And I receive about 500 spam messages telling me when to buy the best Cialis /Viagra, Antique clocks and watches and tonnes of Nigerian 491 emails.
And thats not including the numerous instant messaging and sms that i send and receive daily.
Our world is now all about connectivity and instant gratification / response isn't it? This is perhaps why our lives do not slow down and many of us are getting burned out quicker.
This is also perhaps why our kids are "soft" and cannot fathom playing board games as opposed to quick response electronic games.
This is perhaps why the ladies are getting worse at cooking. (why cook when I can buy?)
This is perhaps why, with the great outdoors and miles of road around us, we run in a gym.
We are a product of the world. Don't blame us.
P.S. This post is inspired by an letter written in last month's Nat Geo, which I read. The writer wrote in to say that Nat Geo tells us to cut our carbon footprint, by doing small things like carpooling daily. The writer asked, so how many of Nat Geo's staff carpool? And take a train instead of an air polluting flight? We point and tell people to make a difference. It should start with us. =)
We do live by emails and instant messaging these days, don't we?
At last count, I send about 50 personal emails and 50 work-related emails on average per day. And I receive about 500 spam messages telling me when to buy the best Cialis /Viagra, Antique clocks and watches and tonnes of Nigerian 491 emails.
And thats not including the numerous instant messaging and sms that i send and receive daily.
Our world is now all about connectivity and instant gratification / response isn't it? This is perhaps why our lives do not slow down and many of us are getting burned out quicker.
This is also perhaps why our kids are "soft" and cannot fathom playing board games as opposed to quick response electronic games.
This is perhaps why the ladies are getting worse at cooking. (why cook when I can buy?)
This is perhaps why, with the great outdoors and miles of road around us, we run in a gym.
We are a product of the world. Don't blame us.
P.S. This post is inspired by an letter written in last month's Nat Geo, which I read. The writer wrote in to say that Nat Geo tells us to cut our carbon footprint, by doing small things like carpooling daily. The writer asked, so how many of Nat Geo's staff carpool? And take a train instead of an air polluting flight? We point and tell people to make a difference. It should start with us. =)
2 comments:
I disagree. I cook what. Now you say...do i cook well?
You cook well...
But thats not the point. The point is that people are not cooking because it is easier to buy.
Now, u will admit, you only cook on occasion?
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