technology has indeed created numerous
young individuals through coding and
other mediums have created remarkable
things
on balance however the digital age has
destroyed the human being
some years ago i went to purchase a cell
phone
this is how the conversation unfolded
i would like to purchase a phone
what type of texting plan would you like
none
sorry
i cannot use texting
you don't use texting no
what type of media plan do you want i
don't want any media plan
then what are you looking for sir
a phone a device that has numbers you
can dial
place to your ear and speak
this is what i'm looking for
you have any of those
i think we have two of those a black one
and a white one
the black one please
a man once said
that man's greatest disease is that he
cannot sit still
this is the truth
man's head has fallen
his spirit has
as well evolution will perhaps create
humans with curved necks in the coming
decades
one may wish to walk down any street and
try to find a single human's head that
is not buried in a smartphone
examine a waiting room one will find the
same in elevators living rooms cars
hotels airplanes and toilets
one will find the same
their smartphone has changed the human
being in fundamental ways
is it not ironic that those is about
spirituality health and yoga are the
very same ones who cannot sit alone by
themselves without a digital device
their meditation and mindfulness and
breathing classes are in fact
respect from their 24 7 electronics
addiction
in recent years there has been a
wholesale examination of tiger woods
achievements
in comparing them to the modern tour
player the numbers are nothing short of
astounding
detailed analyses have been published
which reveal that all the talk of modern
fields being deeper and players being
better as an excuse to explain the lack
of domination that tiger exhibited is
total nonsense
everything is a scam
the truth is that the modern tool player
is woefully deficient towards
a few details
from 1999 to 2003 the most wins that any
player had was eight
in the same span tiger had 32.
from 1999 to 2002
tiger played 11 majors
he won seven of
them
the best total score by any other player
was 34 under power over those 11
tournaments
tiger woods was 94 under par
60 shots better
the most wins anyone had in their 20s
was david duvall
at 13.
in his 20s tiger had 46.
before the age of 40 dustin johnson zach
johnson adam scott
rory mcilroy
sergio garcia jeff ogilvai and bubba
watson had 67 wins combined
before the age of 40 tiger woods at 79
from 1999 to 2001 tiger played 38 events
he won 20 of them
during these events tiger was a combined
472 under par
this was 307 shots better than any other
player
these days golfers move in and out of
the number one spot a few days a few
weeks
tiger held the number one spot for six
years
this is the symbolic degradation of
modern times
and the implications span far and wide
if we examine the subject of greatness
in any domain the single greatest
determinant is not talent skill strength
intelligence or hard work it is devotion
a man's life was devoted to something
will not have trouble finding the
requisite talent skill strength and
intelligence the reverse is not true
man is by nature a distracted creature
surround him with gadgets and he will
become all the more distracted if tiger
was born in this generation
there is a very strong probability that
the world would never have heard of him
the gadgets would have no doubt competed
for his attention
it is possible that his devotion may
have been strong enough to overcome
these distractions
but this is by no means guaranteed
put simply the digital age has and will
continue to compromise the greatness of
human beings for the necessary devotion
required to become a world number one in
the presence of digital distractions is
far higher than that which is required
without them
humans are now beginning to use apps to
clock their digital time
do any of them notice the irony
to those who vow to lessen their use of
digital gadgets do not bother
but this is another empty behavior
change born of a manufactured
prescription truth be told he was given
to competition will not give his
competitor a bottle of wine
he will gift him an iphone
for this is certain to slow him down
do not use your phone less is not
healthy for you to do so
do not create a support group for
smartphone use
being proud of kobing's one smartphone
use
is like being proud of oneself and not
walking into a nuclear power plant
unprotected
bobby jones once called a penalty on
himself in the u.s open he lost the
match by a stroke
the official called bobby aside and
praised him for what he had done
jones replied you may as well praise a
man for not robbing a bank
namaste
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