The cliché

The future is now, or at least that’s what most people would tell you. What just 10 years ago sounded like sci-fi, is now part of our everyday lives. The world is at our fingertips almost everywhere we go. But enough clichés. Let’s talk real.

Two months ago, me and my husband bought our first touchscreen handsets. We replaced the “outdated” keypad phones with smooth and sleek ones. The first week we would stay late in the night, exploring “just one more feature”, “just this cool app”, each of us in their corner, staring in the small screens for hours.

When all the fuzz was gone and these became just phones with more games and occasional use of wi-fi, I gave it a true thought. And it started to hit me.

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