MODERN TECHO!

Sitting at lunch with the family on Easter Sunday is always a brilliant experience to say the least. The different characters make it hard not to imagine that I am taking part in some form of Shakespearian play with star crossed lovers at one end of the table, and a man transforming into a donkey at the other end. 

Whilst enjoying my roast spuds that have been smothered in the most delicious homemade gravy, I am suddenly aware of how far the world has come since Shakespearian times. My 2 year old niece runs around the table to join me in my seat. She stretches out her arms for me to pick her up and once settled, she starts to play with my ‘non touch screen phone’, swiping from left to right and not fully understanding why she is unable to do so. 

I try to explain to her that once upon a time there were no touch screen mobile phones, and actually long before that…no phones at all. As she looks at me with a confused expression upon her face, it suddenly dawns upon me that children today are growing up in such a fast paced technology driven environment, that they may not ever fully understand the history of technology and how far we’ve actually come.

I am not about to launch into a spill on how we should be teaching children the importance of getting out more and exercising instead of sitting in a dark room in front of a computer screen, as I believe that this actually (on the whole) isn’t what children are doing…thanks to devises such as ‘Wii fit’ and ‘Scvngr’ – a game that encourages people to explore, and perform challenges in different locations. Instead I am merely suggesting that children should understand the benefits of such products and perhaps use them with an ounce of understanding of the history behind them and how we have come to the point where we are now.

I realise that this blog is completely different from my usually style of writing. I too am missing the use of 10 thousand metaphors and the hat tilt to ‘a world of imagination’, but I just thought I’d put it out there as it is what is currently on my mind, and let’s face it, my usual style is to just write whatever is on my mind no matter how awful it is anyway, so I suppose if we're honest it’s not really, all that different.

Next time on Your Head Not Mine: A fascinating look into an average man who walks along the road and imagines the road walking along him –  there is is! SENSELESS! Tune in soon….BOOM!