Thursday depicts the loss we incur when we invest ourselves and day-to-day activities completely in technology. Our increasing reliance on technology to work, relax and connect with others can be a detriment if there is no balance and perspective.
Whether using tech in work, school or for social interactions, I feel it is key to incorporate what computers cannot--common sense and judgement--and to keep the capability to survive without technology as an alternative.
The more dependent on technology we become, the more we lose of our humanity and connection to nature. As with everything else in life, it's all about balance.
I could relate to the short film Inbox as having a utopian theme, especially as someone who met her husband online. The Internet (represented by the bag in Inbox) provides us with the ability to connect with people we would normally never connect with, and reduces the size of our world.
Technology now allows us to share who we are with other people behind the safety of a computer, though it can be argued that what we choose to share can be authentic or inauthentic, or may not have the same dynamic of social exchanges that happen in person.
Obviously, not all technology-based social exchanges are ideal--many, in fact have a dystopian theme, considering people use the Internet to hide who they truly are, are not the same person in person as they are on paper, and that fate (which worked in favor of the characters in Inbox) does not always play out the way we want it to.
Whether by kismet or the power of technology, I suppose I was one of the lucky few to have had a utopian ending to a love story that began online.
