Our involvement in the experience of living as a human can lean or be pushed toward either of two extremes: that of the "World of Device", of the "World of Real Experiences".
The "World of Device" is lived in our phones, our tablets, our computers or the TV and radio. The "World of Real Experience" takes place by being with actual people, or at actual events, or of being in actual nature.
The degree of involvement and participation in either of these Worlds depends on which we lean more towards, on which we spend more time at. In the "World of Devices" we talk on a phone but we only hear a voice. We may do a Video call, but we only hear a voice and see an image. Neither are the actual person, just an electronic representation. The computer gives us only the written word. It can also provide an audio and visual representation of a person or group of people, but none of these is the real person, or group of persons. The TV or radio further separates us by time. What we are seeing or hearing may have taken place at an earlier time than we are experiencing it. The electronic signal we are experiencing may have been edited or otherwise manipulated. Overall, the "World of Devices" can be easier and require less of the expense of our involvement.
In the "World of Real Experience" we: spend more time and money doing it. We may have to travel to other people, or host the other person or people. Once with them we directly use our senses; our sight, our hearing, our smell, our touch, and our taste (whoever experienced the taste of a Zoom dinner or Zoom pot-luck?) We cannot relive the experience except by artificial means like audio or video recording. During the experience we cannot pre-edit what we say, it rarely comes out perfectly. If we write a letter, or a card there is no spellcheck or syntax checking, or grammar suggestions. The "World of Real Experience" requires our direct, immediate involvement.
We can choose our involvement in the experience of living as a human. Do we prefer to draw toward the "World of Device", or the "World of Real Experiences"?
