Let’s turn off our handheld just
for a second
How to avoid mobile phones are hacked? “Switch it off” is
the top answer isn’t? Right from a temple priest talk into his mobile while
performing arthi with one hand; man on the beach negotiates business on the
phone so loudly a baby begins to scream; car driver with a cell phone attached
to his ear misses you by a whisker.
There’s a potential link between mobile phones and
tinnitus as the cochlea and the auditory pathway directly absorb a considerable
amount of energy emitted by a mobile. And there is the addiction — urge to
check personal devices all the time, which human-computer interface researchers
call “micro-interactions”. Own up — how many times in a day do you peek at
email, social-media and apps? There is enough evidence to show that toggling between
windows (check email, surf the Web) and apps can increase stress, interfere
with short-term memory. Constant multi-tasking leaves you distracted, unable to
focus. The next step easily is Attention Deficit Disorder.
Do you know what we have lost? Privacy and concentration.
Attention span. If you are sending over a hundred messages a day, it means just
one thing — you’ve lost the ability to be alone, to reflect. The more we keep
aloneness at bay, the less are we able to deal with it and the more terrifying
it gets.” Being alone should not give you the heebie-jeebies. Is loneliness the
disease of the Web generation?
Ditch the phone and regain your life. Talk now, text /
tweet / email later. Since a cell phone facilitates all our work, we fail to
put boundaries around leisure, adventure, eating, sleeping, vacations,
intimacy. Is life only about digital delighted? Take a Cell phone free day,
Practice self-control to quell FOMO (fear of missing out). Change the
“cell phone habit” by switching off. When travelling / sleeping get into
“airplane mode” - no phones. Lock your digital devices for a while.
Avoid being a search-it-all. Believe in and enjoy
serendipity. Keep phones off the table. Stop snubbing others by paying
attention to your mobile, especially at the dinner table. Look before you snap.
A thousand smart phones being held aloft when an artist is singing is not a
pretty sight, nor polite. Taste before you upload: pause, think before you hit
“send”. Kiss your phone Goodnight, sleep well.
Will be back soon.. Just after putting off my handheld
left on my desk.
D.SoundaraPandianimmortal_cs@sify.com
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