Gadget and the modern world …..

    These days Gadgets have become part and parcel of life. Modern gadgets have been the order of the day. Almost every single human being possesses at least one of modern gadgets. Gifting gadgets has also become popular, thanks to the urban culture. If one has a flip flop phone we tend to think the person is quite outdated though that may not be true. Gadgets are lustrous with some alluring features written all over it and it is quite natural for people in this era to fall for it.

    I am just speculating what is the driving factor out of these two? Do we buy gadgets since there is a need or since there is a need we buy a gadget? On both the occasions there is a ‘need’ which brought Gadgets into the modern world. I was wondering what might those ‘needs’ be ….it may be something like glancing emails when you are mobile, accessing internet within your hands, reading books from your electronic media while you travel, accessing maps for navigation, playing games from your backseat while you are driving long distance, taking photos/videos from your smart phone rather than relying on your bulky cameras, making notes in your phone, setting up calendar in your phone, listening to songs from your phone and being mobile etc., the list goes on and on.

     Didn’t we have all these needs before these fancy gadgets came into place? We still had needs but was consummated without these gadgets. It might not have been so efficient but it was so much safer – not accessing/texting phone while you drive; lot more stress free – no need to stress yourself by reading or accessing devices in those small gadgets; much more quality family time – no need to play games and sit before the device 24/7; being outdoor versus being stuck indoor with those devices in your hands.

    So now I am wondering those who do not use modern day gadgets may look or sound outdated but in fact they are playing it safe and being much more stress free; Circumstances make us to sign up for these gadgets since if our employer would like to sponsor the phone bill who will reject the offer. But still I believe we got to come out of these modern day gadgets.