#on tech

but in the end, i choose to experience it before i record it, and i’d rather my only recollections be my blurry, faded memory, than focusing on a video so hard you don’t feel the emotions you’re trying to record. because in the end, there are a million videos of that concert, but you are only going to get to see it once. 

sometimes, we focus on recording so hard, we don’t realize what we’re recording. because one day, you’re going to pick up your phone, hit ‘play’, and wonder why the crowd is so quiet, and why your video is just a video of a video of a video of the stage. if an event is just a thousand people trying to record it, there’s no reason to be there at all, and you’ve lost what you’re trying to preserve by brushing the dust off with a bit too much force.

This article is true and important, but

Google is not a source of truth. A search engine's job is to find you what you want. The words "good" vs. "bad" in a search query give you different results even if framed as a question, because query terms matter.

I have such a love/hate relationship with the digital age. I love tangibility and being able to touch, hold and feel something, like turning the page of a book, but at the same time, I enjoy the digital space that was supposed to improve our lives. If you really think about it, with every digital innovation, app and service that relies on the internet-- has this really improved our lives? Instacart, Postmates, Uber and Venmo has made my life SO. MUCH. EASIER. But did it just make me even lazier than I was before? Have we even considered about the repercussions of having our faith and trust in all this technology? We already gave up our privacy but doesn’t it seem like we are also forfeiting our freedom? Because to me, it seems like we’re losing control to live a natural and authentic life; one with meaning and is self-fulfilling.