Entry # 5: How about a Wall-No...

Wall-E the future I seriously hope mankind never sees. While this outcome is completely plausible, the human race disgustingly dependent on the technology it has created. How much do we already see in our daily lives? Texting a friend or family member that is sitting in the very next room, or even in the same room, solely because you did not want to leave your seat. So involved in a device that you are totally oblivious to the world around you. That moment of, “Wait, say that again I wasn’t paying attention.” The instant gratification of ordering a product online to have it shipped to your home with same day delivery. Billboards and electronic ads on every corner of every building and plastered on any available space of a webpage. Current society is, in my eyes, already completely dependent on technology. The only things that are missing are the hoverchairs and “Lunch in a Cup.” Let’s be honest here, the hoverchair does sound awesome and I would love to own one of those bad boys. But not to live in for the rest of my days. Being stuck in one of those would seem like a prison.

All these questions are making my head hurt...

 It makes you wonder how they prevent blood clots in their legs, are they being fed blood thinners in their food smoothies? If so, how are they getting the correct dosage? What is IN “Lunch in a Cup” exactly? Is the “Lunch in a Cup” full of daily vitamins and supplements? Is everyone near sighted from staring at that display inches from their face? It seems as though no one ever looks beyond their personal projection of video calls and ads. Do they get hoverchair sores? How do they use the bathroom? What happens when they sneeze? Do their bones break when they happen to fall off of their hoverchair? It also makes me think, are they really happy living like that? But the people in Wall-E know no other way. Most of them were raised in that world. They do not know the feeling of soil in between their toes, or even the weight of their own body. The feeling of being self sufficient, cooking their own meals and raising their children. Their technology has removed all personal connection, the fabric of communication. Are they aware that there is a human on the other side of that video call, or is it like how we treat each other on Facebook? Emotionless, bland conversations with a projection, or rather, a thread in the comment section of a status update. Communicating through technology is slowly ripping the fabric of conversation and we are totally and completely oblivious. That ever so slow tug on the binding thread that keeps humanity human, interaction through true face to face conversation.