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Campus life is fazed by a myriad of activities. Everyday something new comes up and we always have to keep up with it. It’s very difficult in this time and age to know what is happening all around you. We are so engrossed in our mobile phones that at times life can just pass us by without noticing. We are either double tapping or scrolling. This is an outcry of how communication has been thrown out of the gutter because of these merciless phones that do not give people the chance to speak to each other.

Ever sat down after meeting new people and felt out of place the second you introduced yourself. Not because you met new people but because you could not talk to anyone after since everyone was on their phones seemingly busy enough not to engage you in a talk. I wonder, really where did we go wrong in terms of communicating? Is it because we find it easier communicating with people who are not in close proximity or is it because it is easier texting than saying words?

I sometimes find it funny when it’s all quiet then an engagement ensues from a funny- probably shared a thousand and one times, photo sent from WhatsApp. The best that we could do is to dig up some funny photos from our groups, showcase to others as if you were a comedian delivering a punch line on the podium and once in a while explain a joke as we all laugh about. Could we just engage ourselves better as humans? Technology is a good thing, regardless, it has left us cold hearted, out of remorse and communication deficient. 

Charlie Chaplain in his greatest speech ever said that machinery will ruin the very core of mankind. Where we cannot associate anymore through the uttering of words, where machines have given us replaceable objects of satisfaction and where we humans will have no control over our lives no more.

One of the greatest icons in the movie industry was scared that one day we would never talk to each other because of being brain washed by technology. For all the good reasons, technology is good, but for all the bad reasons that make us not to interact on a face to face level, then we can call it bad. Nevertheless, I still encourage us to move with technology as it is an ever changing thing but we should not lose the very humanity that has been engraved in our hearts. We should always communicate and share with people on an interactive level where our machines do not hinder us from saying or sharing something.


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