Every great change in the universe is the result of a moments' inspiration. A phenomenon that has taken the quality of being a social being into a whole new level is definitely social networking sites. Watching the movies ' The social network' made me look at facebook and the other networking sites in a whole new light. I have always cribbed and many times deactivated my account saying that this takes away the personal touch from an interaction. Its true that most of the friends on my friends' list have not met me or heard my voice over the phone in a long time. The art of communication and conversation is taking a completely new avatar.
What a brilliant idea to have created a medium of expression that is easily accessible to people beyond disparities to connect and share their lives and views with each other. It would be wrong to say that all these connections are superficial when a lot of stories were woven with simple mediums of posts and messengers in the past. I would know more about a persons life even before I have heard a voice or before sharing a glance. Its truly commendable that it allows the minds, intellect , interests and passions to connect before the law of attraction or physical appearance comes into picture.
Is it not amazing that it allows every individual who is a [part of this madness to write his own history. The lives, biographies and autobiographies of each individual is written as it happens. Everyone is a historian. Gone are those times when you had to be a king to make you life immortal through construction of pyramids, towers, palaces and temples. We all inscribe our histories on a permanent wall of cyber space leaving a piece of our mind and heart to be shared with the rest of the world.
I have always wondered what would happen if our civilization just vanished.. Like an incredible tsunami or a meteorite collision or simply the third world war. What would the next succeeding life forms trace our past. What would the archaeologists of the future life form actually look for when everything is buried right in the space that is not tangible.
On one level the connection is being made and on an other level we are simply moving away from the physical world. We are playing with the mind more than our body. Not many would know how to grow their own food and the magic of a touch. If people can eat, drink ,sleep and make love in the virtual world and believe it as their reality .... hmmm do we need this planet..
By we .. i just mean the humans... not the animal and plant kingdom.. We should opt for a self destruction plan for our own race instead of leading the planet to an armageddon.
