After a hard day's of work, I decided to watch a little television and chanced upon an episode of Channelnewsasia's Rea! Talk hosted by Diana Ser. The topic was about information security and privacy. They had invited guest speakers, one of whom was Gayle Goh, a 17 year old blogger.
She impressed with her maturity in thought by addressing the topic concerned with sound arguments and view points. She mentioned how many Singaporeans do not fully comprehend and appreciate information privacy as well as understand the likely abuses. It is true that technology brings about convenience but doing something because it is convenient does not necessary mean it is the right thing to do.
We need to be mindful on how technology is being incorporated into our lives. Embracing technology is one thing but understanding how it affects our lives is another. We still need to be watchful and be quick to implement measures to prevent breaches to security and privacy.
Coming back to convenience, I had watched Click starring Adam Sandler over the weekend. He plays Michael Newman, a workaholic architect working hard to keep his wife (Kate Beckinsale) and kids happy. One night, Michael is on the road in search of an open store that may sell him a universal remote control to make his life easier and finally meets Morty (Christopher Walken), the inventor of a remote control that not only controls his TV, but controls his life! He then uses the remote on a regular basis, his work-life and family-life are finally in balance, he's trying harder than he ever imagined to spend more time with his family.
Being frustrated that his boss (David Hasselhoff) hasn't made him partner at his construction firm yet, he uses the remote to fast-forward through his life until his promotion. What he doesn't realize is that he has skipped through a whole year. The remote is now powered by its memory, and starts to fast-forward through crucial moments in his life, including arguments, traffic, and, worst of all, promotions at his job. One year turns into ten years and than another six years. It turns out to be another case where convenience doesn't equate to doing the right thing.
Perhaps that's why some people say there are no shortcuts in life, but I digress.
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