Communication technology has really changed the way we live.
First, sanitation is at risk
because, like Jared Cohen of Google Ideas pointed out, there are more active
smart devices in use in the world today than there are toothbrushes.
Though I may not be able to speak
for Asia or the rest of Africa, I know Nigerians too well to not admit that
technology has affected us.
When some of us city people go to
bed at night, the last thing we part with is often a smartphone, tablet or
notebook. Many of those who do not share in this fad but own such devices are
usually conservative folks or non-youths. Others are wannabes who do not really
know the full functionalities of their phones.
Yet, a lot of techies tend to use
their devices everywhere –in traffic, at meetings and while eating. To save
time and multitask, some people even use them while in the toilet.
You can’t blame some folks
because that is what their jobs demand. When you have a lot of mails to read
and have to read them to stay on point, you might even find yourself using your
devices at night in your dreams. I know folks who get up to 1200 emails per
day! And no, they don’t work inside the circuits and ports that make up the
internet. They too claim to be ordinary human beings. For such people, the
obvious and smart way to go is to setup various devices to receive these mails
so they can read them anywhere.
Most of the folks that own a
portable internet device (such as a 3G or 4G mobile phone, an ipad, a palmtop,
tablet, playbook, notebook and any other existing i-thing or screened-book you
know) have formed some sort of relationship with these tech devices. I know a
couple of writers who have given names like Aduke, Arike and Ashake to their
devices. These names are not based on a scientific nomenclature. Rather, they
are Nigerian names that I hear human beings answer. It takes a relationship to
achieve that...
Read the full original piece on CPRSouth's website
The world is
going digital and things are becoming nano-sized. Yet, some items still seem very irreplaceable at the moment.
Toilet papers might just be one of them. Here is a funny tissue paper ad I saw
sometime ago:
