As digital devices do continue to take the reign over our lifes, it grows harder and harder to escape those things. Much of the hobbies we have are now digital in some aspect, and everything we aim to escape from remains right in front of us, ready to lead us into temptation.
The digital world has taken control in every aspect of our lives.
its seems to not be the problem but how we have identified with it and our mind altogether.
For example school shooting has been happening before we have social media. Its just that any shooter can now live stream it making it known to the public instead of being buried underground like most cases in the past.
And this sure is what attracts more clicks in the main stream media so its what most are being exposed to daily while neglecting billions other good news and nice weather around them.
Tbh its hard to find inner peace in the world when we are feed bad news every minute.
It really is, especially as more and more of our lives are reliant on these devices, and you can't even escape it fully. To the point where are cars our now connected. In a way this mass connection we all live with has made the world seem smaller, and actually less connected over all when it comes to, like you said, seeing what's really in front of you.
I don't find it all surprising that younger generations find themselves more lost and isolated. Being introduced to all of this at a young age definitely will lead to some emptiness. It's a bit different to those who lived before smartphones.
One of the saddest things I've witnessed is coming across someone from Iran and having them call me "bruh". That really put things into perspective for me, the abandonment of culture without really noticing it, and the mass adoption of a universal Internet culture to replace it. It actually does give me anxiety at this point trying to figure out where we're all heading, I just have no idea where things will be in 5 years let alone the next 10. Feels like we're on the brink of the next big advancement that changes everything, and I'm not sure if that should be more worrying, or the stagnation that comes instead in the event that we struggle to move forward.