Oh, Technology

It’s fascinating how our lives can be so mobile

Phones in our pockets holding our life, so fragile

Magically glued to our hands daily

And when gone, we act almost febrile

It’ fascinating how new, yet so old this phenomenon

Where we rely on such a device to live

And all our trust fallen on

Technology

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Machine learning and AI widespread these days

The days of old seem but a haze

Where google would show random ads in your face

Now, with machine learning,

Ads are targeted at us in so many ways

Search “symptoms of fever” on google today

And find ads for cold medicine the next day

In many ways it can be useful

But do we really know what else the info is used for?

We want the convenience that machine learning gives us

And are often willing to turn away as privacy leaves us

So which way does your scale tip?

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Tying us down to all this is social media

While noble in premise, it often leads to acedia

Much information we receive on the daily

Makes it hard to care for the world’s frailty

Making generations empty and cold

To the world out there, and the treasure it holds

Of magnificence and wonders

While they’re on their phones laughing at blunders

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Technology is amazing and a wonderful companion

But careful or you’ll end up down that canyon

Of endless information, often useless

That will boggle your mind and turn you gormless