IAS Officer's Thought-Provoking Post On Technology Dependence Goes Viral, Jwala Gutta Reacts

Sharan took to Twitter to make people realise that smartphones have impacted human beings to the extent that we are no more free.

Sharan took to Twitter to make people realise that smartphones have impacted human beings ( Image Source :@AwanishSharan/Twitter )

Technological advancement has made our lives much easier and convenient. In fact our dependency on technology has grown to the extent that we cannot live without gadgets like our smartphones and tabs. Most of the times we are busy scrolling through our phones and do not want to involve ourselves in other activities.

Mirroring this lifestyle shift, Indian Administrative Service (IAS) officer Awanish Sharan shared a hard-hitting post about how human beings are caged in the infinite world of the Internet.

Sharan took to Twitter to make people realise that smartphones have impacted human beings to the extent that we are no ''longer free''

"When the phone was tied with a wire…," read the caption of the post shared by the IAS officer. 

In the image on can see a black-coloured rotary dial telephone placed on tops of pedestal on which it is written, "When the phone was tied with a wire - Humans were free….".

Since being shared, the post has garnered more than 1 million views over 2,000 likes and several comments.

When the phone was tied with a wire… pic.twitter.com/nn3D9KkjEi

— Awanish Sharan (@AwanishSharan) February 17, 2023

Badminton player Jwala Gutta was amongst the one to react on the post. "Agree" wrote Gutta on the thought provoking post.

Agree

— Gutta Jwala (@Guttajwala) February 18, 2023

"This was a better situation as today people are tied to phone," wrote one user.

This was a better situation as today people are tied to phone. 😜

— S@NVE₹ 🇮🇳 (@sanjayverma9_) February 18, 2023

"Now we are tied with smart phones," wrote another user reacting to the post.

Now we are tied with smart phones.

— Ashish Arya (@Ashishkendua) February 18, 2023

While another user differed and said, "It is upto us to decide what binds us. Can we all not decide to be free, nevertheless. Why fall a prey to cloning our behaviour blindly? Lets be free, sir."
 

It is upto us to decide what binds us. Can we all not decide to be free, nevertheless. Why fall a prey to cloning our behaviour blindly? Lets be free, sir.

— Rakesh Srivastava (@RakeshS68394761) February 24, 2023