Dud or Smart

 Dud or Smart

The human brain is the most complex and robust system, capable of improving or harming the world. Whether a vaccine or a small tablet, these innovations stem from countless neural connections formed in the brain through various electrical and chemical reactions. Similarly, massive missiles or weapons of mass destruction also arise from the same processes that produce vaccines or pills. The brain is not just an organ; it is a robust factory connected to billions of nerves that continuously transmit signals and operate around the clock, 365 days a year.

It’s important to emphasise the significance of the brain, especially as we recognise that it is being damaged at various age levels in today’s modern world. Children, who should be playing outside, assembling toys, and engaging in creative activities like drawing and painting, are increasingly glued to their mobile devices. The brain, which controls the entire body, is dormant, much like a manufacturing facility that lacks orders to produce. Adults, who once enjoyed face-to-face interactions, exchanged pleasantries, and went on picnics or weekend outings, have become couch potatoes, consumed by binge-watching web series. Meanwhile, elderly individuals, resembling children with a new toy, are now obsessed with their mobile devices, scrolling through reels and videos for entertainment.

Our society has become enslaved to smartphones that, while appearing “smart,” are making us less engaged and more passive. Typing without errors may require a Nobel Prize in the future. Let’s take a moment to observe what’s happening around us. A vast ecosystem has been created to ensure that we remain dormant, lazy, and irrational, focusing on trivial content that distracts us from significant issues. This ecosystem controls the masses, causing us to lose our money and our ability to think critically. Unfortunately, the factory within us risks becoming nothing more than a junk storage space.

You can delete this message or forward it without thought; the choice is yours. However, ask yourself how many Q-Commerce deliveries you receive in a month, how many web series you’ve binge-watched, how often you’ve visited relatives recently, and how many reels you’ve consumed. Reflect on whether you are in the process of creating, innovating, or discovering, or if you are merely consuming data in life. If answering these questions makes you uncomfortable, you have likely begun to activate your mental factory to think critically.

We can either become a Dud with a smartphone in hand or a smart person who knows how much to use smartphones in our lives.

M.L. Narendra Kumar