Anyway, there was a panel Friday night discussing “communication”; this a euphemism for “cell-phones are evil”.
I have to stand up, go against the grain and say, go ahead and let cell phones infiltrate and destruct the world as we know it. I say this, because in simple economics terms; the benefits outweigh the costs.
Every second of the day, cell phones selflessly protect the fragile self-esteems of girls everywhere.
At every simcha, social gathering, street corner waiting, there are girls fiddling around with their cell-phones. They seem so busy, so focused on their task, so driven. No, they are not waiting for an urgent call, for a ride, an answer, a chat. They’re more likely to be deleting contacts, fooling around with the calculator, reading old texts, and if they’re daring, changing the language on their phone.
Why, you might ask?
Cell phones are a symbol of communication, of connectivity, access to people. People equal social success, popularity, and need. Therefore if you are busy with your cell phone you must be popular, needed, well-liked, and important…instead of having no one to talk to at your “modern” cousin’s vort. People perceive you differently. You are suddenly indispensable and cool.
It protects a person from feeling stupid, looking pathetic: desperate.
It also is a great defense mechanisms as it protects the mind from realizing how fragile the person really is.
So what if girls go around with artificially inflated ego based on “social success”? They aren’t crying in the bathroom, closet eating, whining, which is all the better for me and the world at large because an insecure girl is a force to be reckoned with.
Cell-phones: you are a G-d-send.
