It's pretty amazing how much we've advanced, as a people and technology-wise. In times past, the work of technology we enjoy in this age was not available. Who would have thought we would come to a point where communication would be this easy and convenient? Or if we could perform fiscal transactions seamlessly within our comfort provided there's a good network connection. How about TVs, radios, music players and more being simplified into phone, tablet and laptop?
Just to put a stop to it there. Mentioning all the technological advancements in our world today would be a handful of words and work, and that's not the aim of this post. A friend of mine hilariously said that until he could download food online, he wouldn't be totally impressed with technology. Well, I hope to somehow see that. But we know that people now order food right? This proves more and more how much almost everything can and is being done online, which is beautiful and beneficial.
Though we are social beings, today, our character as such has been gravely reduced to the confines of our rooms and the walls of our houses, with a great substitution for physical social interactions with those that the online world has provided us. While I'm a great beneficiary of this good work of technology in this age and time, I like to also consider the negative prospect of this technological provision. I think we're silently getting to an impending doom.
I remember when we were kids, with my friends. We played, ate and went to places together. The same cannot be said today. What I see and call to mind now was the deep connection we had through physical social interactions. We invented plays out of our individual creativity, culminating in a wholesome idea that we all took part in and enjoyed. It also made everyone feel cherished and belong.
When we go with the current life where almost everything can be done online, it tends to restrict us from enjoying the beauty of physical interactions. With such, you can see the authenticity, joy and expressions, and these are the things that count as memories. I was in communication with some friends whom we didn't see for the majority of last year till when we eventually came in contact with each other. I tell you, it was a different feeling beyond the online connection.
One thing that leaves me concerned about this reality is how much we would be losing our SQ (Social Quotient). There's a thing called SQ that refers to the level or ability of an individual to relate with other people effectively, socially. It's not really about being introverted or extroverted, but being able to acquire the quality and character of good human physical interactions, which we need as we'll relate with humans.
I reckon the benefits and good tidings the online world brings. And as one who spends a considerable time there doing some necessary things, it benefits me a lot. I work online and do different things that feel good about such a privilege and opportunity provided. Yet, I'd like to add my voice to the obvious. We're social beings, we need that physical social human interaction as much as we could have it online.