Crossing All Boundaries

Crossing All Boundaries

riding to work on the train this morning I happened to glance out my mobile phone-camera, waffle iron, etc., and noticed a very interesting thing. Among the commuters, obsession with tech gadgets crosses all boundaries of age and any other social demographic you care to name. We're all in the train, heading to work at the hospital, heading to work in the financial district, or on parole hearing. We are all on the same train, and we all shared an intense interest in - in ignoring everyone else on the train. And our incredible selection of high-tech equipment that makes it so very possible.

I was a little embarrassed to be caught looking around the packed cars - but when I began to get the directory of what's happening I could not stop. There is an old blind man (a white stick and all) with their ear buds in, swinging on a high-tech tunes. There are a dozen furious texters in business suites getting a jump on the e-mail a day, and there is a choice of people chatting with friends on the phone. Almost everyone on the train has some kind of gadget in his ear - we have electronic books and electronic video games. We are serious professionals who are typing away on a laptop, and even a digital clock holder verification time.

Anyone looking at things too - not just typers and texters.Slušatelji and chatters are pressing buttons and watching the screen. All our intentions are very small devices, and indeed, all these provide a fantastic and legitimate distraction.

After I pulled back into their devices, and returned to the serious business of not paying attention to anyone else, I could not help thinking of the absurd. I'm sure many of them to say, but this is my first media gadget of the Epiphany. We paid for these things (or stole) the only way we can be connected so that we can stay connected to what's happening. At the same time, they provide the greatest escape from what really happens to us. It seems to me that they are desperate for one connection at a distance and use them to actively avoid a direct connection with us. And we all like things as they are. I begin to imagine a kind of dual reality, where the train was passing and the media, the internet is more permanent and tangible things. Then I shook my head slightly and resolved not to eat cold pizza for breakfast in the future.

Maybe it's not really so bad - maybe we are not all turning into cyborgs. Maybe we're all just making our best attempts to get where we want to be, not where we are. I do not know if it will end up being a good thing or bad thing for us in the future. Maybe it's just a passing fad before returning to work live in the real world. But until then, I'll drive to work with my music and my phone out, just so you will not feel alone.

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