My Cart - As we’re entering into a new age of technology, the things in our world are shrinking so that they can fit into a pocket, or disappearing all together because they can be found on the internet. We’re slowly losing the big physical and unwieldy objects we once had.
This is undeniably a positive thing, to an extent. Technology is getting cheaper, smaller and more convenient. We’re entered into a world similar to what used to be called science fiction, and even surpassed it – captain Kirk’s communicator couldn’t also update his twitter or check train times.
The sad point about this is that we’re slowly losing the raw physicality of technology. If you bought a large, flat screen TV 10 years ago, it would cost you thousands of pounds. But then, a mighty great behemoth would arrive at your house on the back of a truck. You and 3 burley men would have to carry it slowly into your living room, groaning and straining all the way. You really knew that you’d spent the money, because you’ve suddenly halved the size of your lounge. Nowadays, if you saw something you liked in the high-street you could feasibly walk out of the shop with your groceries in one hand and a huge, flat screen, but nearly 2 dimensional Samsung TVs under your arm.
There are certainly numerous upsides to outweigh this loss. The picture quality is better, the technology is cheaper, and they’re actually safer and less wasteful. But I just can’t help mourn the loss of something gigantic, ugly, and unpractical to be replaced by something much more modern, convenient and appealing. It’s the technological equivalent of the micro-pig.
