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How "removed" from reality are we?

 The "removed form reality" is an intriguing concept that was put forward by the philosopher Plato.

Though he might have given it in the concept of art and poetry, let us give it a current day touchup.

First, think about how much we live in the present and try to answer these questions.

Do we savour the good things in the moment or follow our first instinct, i.e. to take out the mobile phones and capture it?

When you come across a street brawl, is your first instinct to find out what was wrong to help or make it a content for social media?

When you come across an accident (God forbid), do you run to help or run with your mobiles to vlog the help and the scene?

It has even gone to an extent where, some people have even started recording while crying and being upset, to showcase it to the whole world.

What have we become? 

CAN'T WE EVEN JUST BE UPSET WHILE BEING UPSET?

How much have we drowned our ability to just be humans? 

Have we become so insensible to emotions? 

Are we making a fool out of ourselves into believing what is on the screen to be the reality?

Have we entirely "removed" ourselves from the actual world of reality and moved into the digital world?

I leave you to ponder...  




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