Back in 2019 December, when everything was going well with us humans, a disease which was later named as "covid19", hit us unexpectedly bringing the whole world to a hault. However, unable to find a cure or a vaccine, humans had to forcefully adopt other unaccustomed measures of which social distancing was chosen as one of the prime alternative. But social distancing has been existent in our society even before the covid 19 pandemic had hit us. Besides, the only difference is that it hadn't taken the ing form in the past, also it was visible to only those who actually recognized it or felt it among ourselves. Albert Einstein once said,"I'm afraid of the day technology takes over humanity", the serious concern he was afraid of, have already been evident in our society since a couple of years.
Ever since the virtual world became a part of our lives, there has been signs of an obsession over it. However, with the introduction of smartphones, this love for a different atmosphere doubled it's impact on humans that people began indulging too much into it. As a result they began socially distancing themselves from the real world. However, it also meant distancing from one another. Without speaking in person with one another we as a species cannot exist. But recent years have greatly lessened face to face interactions. Like in the old days, say till late 20's, when random people met in a cinema hall or a restaurant, they spoke and made acquaintances with one another, it is a practice that is hard to find among the people these days as everyone will be seen busy with their own businesses; mainly checking their mobile phones. The worst part is the impact it's going to cause on our younger generations.
Unfortunately, the teens have already become hosts to the vulturous social media applications that prey over human emotions. Most of them are so addicted that they take hostage in it and do not wish to talk to anyone about their feelings instead, they look out of the windows provided by these platforms to their neighbors and worsen the situation they are already in. The ultimate results of these behaviors are loneliness and depression which indeed tends to other severe states of the mind. Placing apart the positive aspects that the social media platforms bear, this is the concern that Sir Albert Einstein was talking about.
Perhaps, in the coming years, the virus will leave our planet or we will learn to live with it. Let time decide. Perhaps people will be told to maintain physical distancing, an alias for social distancing, for the rest of our lives. But even then, the real question of "socially distancing" ourselves from one another, shall we leave it to time? Let us not. Because we are already out of time, our youngsters are firmly under the influence of the virtual world. So it is high time we teach them the importance of sharing ones emotions in person with another and gradually detaching from the upside down world filled with false promises and fake love.
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