Can I just have a moment!

I can already see the new “man-machine” reality happening. First it was specific ads that cater to our searches and buying patterns, now its “real life” ads telling us what we need before we even think about it. Amazon has these WIFI connected tools that they offer, they are special buttons that we can press and it will instantly charge your account for the product, and ship it to you within a certain time line. For example, when you see you are running low on laundry detergent, you can press the laundry detergent button and you can have a new bottle at your doorstep before you run out, which in turn saves you a trip to the store and Amazon keeps getting your money. Tesla has self-driving cars, Roomba cleans your floors for you, Alexa has the ability to control your entire house, all these have been slowly taking over our lives. Little by little we are beginning to ask ourselves, who is controlling who? Is it I controlling the robot or is the robot controlling me? As a society we are thinking that these robotic machines are designed to make life easier, but in reality we are trading our independence for assistance.

I feel that people have been fighting Facebook since it dominated MySpace back in 2007. I understand that more people use Facebook than Twitter but that could be because Facebook has actual content and is not just a message board like Twitter is. Just like Google, Facebook jas mastered the goal of knowing your search history and creating ads that cater to your needs, but is it too much? Just because I search for the best absorbent tampons on Google, why does Facebook have to insert ads in-between my stories? I mean if Facebook knows me “so well” then it should know that I am a male and 99.99% of males do not actually use tampons, why would it insert tampons in my news feed? Pressure? Sales tactic? Is it even Facebook at all? Is irritating and unnecessary, and people are getting tired of it. These concerns are one of the reason why people are turning to Amazon and Google for answers and NOT Facebook.