Two young
ladies sat beside each other inside a car: From afar, it looked like they were
in a deep conversation. Indeed, they were, except that each was engaged with a
person on the other end of a chat, via Facebook, WhatsApp, Messenger,
or some other online platform. You could see the strains of addiction as they
gazed intensely, with pursed lips, at the equipment they each held.
They were
physically proximal, but emotionally far apart, and in tune only with obvious
objects of admiration several physical realities removed from themselves. Prof
Anthony Kila reveals that the number of Internet users in Nigeria grew from
200,000 in 2000 to 51 million in 2015. This ranks Nigeria as ninth among
countries that use the Internet.
These young
ladies, who were so physically close, yet with minds that had wandered
elsewhere, exemplified the associative society, where people exist as a
disconnected mass. In this “virtual country,” described by John Naisbitt, in
his book, “Megatrends,” the low tech, high-touch emotional connectivity between
people is lost. Well, almost lost.
Title :
them looking the other way
Description : Two young ladies sat beside each other inside a car: From afar, it looked like they were in a deep conversation. Indeed, they were, e...
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