Technology - the brighter side of sixth sense!

This is perhaps the longest interval between two posts in my blog... But then, things can't always be in a straight line - theory of non-linearity as explained in the movie '21'. Ok... this is not a philosophy post so you can carry on without any caution :D

I've always believed that life is driven by needs but the extent to which it has influenced the US life is unimaginable. As the urge to break apart and remain as individuals, free from any strong relationships, increases; the society and the setup needs to transform a lot to accommodate the change. A typical example is driving to an unfamiliar destination in US vs driving to an unfamiliar location in India. In India, we just get the basic idea on the direction of the place and after that you'll have tea shops, auto (it's not just automobile, it's auto :)) drivers, pedestrians, waiters at road-side restaurants, old ladies sitting at the 'thinnai' (sitouts) of their houses and a gazillion others to guide you. But over here, things ought to be planned and things ought to let people be as detached from each other as possible. Cities are neatly planned and you have to come out of the 'free ways' (which are literally free from everything except vehicles) to get anything from food to fresh mints. None of the gazillion persons I mentioned earlier would be on the streets to help you out and you are on your own all the way unless you deliberately get into a mall, order a pizza and ask for directions. However, I should admit that this detachment has improved the lives of Americans to a great extent.

Moving from one place and settling down at the other is nothing less than a nightmare in India. Poor bank officers would often combat this nightmare and tune their minds to such a great extent that they boast on their abilities to move anywhere, anytime. Everything sounds new (as it is supposed to be) in the new place and it takes at least a month to comfortably settle down. But even after that month, people keep thinking about the good neighborhood and the so called 'prestige' they had in their previous locality. But here, life moves on a Fast forward button and if you just have your credit card, mobile phone and a laptop with Wi-Fi; you rule the place. Booking tickets, movers, hotels, transportation, finding accomodations, locating nearby places of importance and anything that you would need in a new place is brought to your finger tips. With a GPS, car, the destination address and a fat wallet; the need to know the place you stay completely vanishes, of course given the fact that you choose and you 'love' to be independent. Whether this promulgates a good trend or not, it definitely proves that the greatest gift of mankind - 'the sixth sense' would make him turn the world around him as he likes. The best part about it - someone's sixth sense helps me enjoy the benefits! :))