We are in the times where we are regularly, immensely and uncontrollably overwhelmed by the inflow of information. Nobody could ever imagine how our communication works, two years from now.
Say Facebook. Only established less than a decade, it had become so handful, so convenient in our daily lives that our social channel is never the same. It simply abuses the human psychology of needing other's attention to build a fastest growing social network in the human history. This accomplishment alone, could not be compared or measured by any existing methodology. In this regard, it's worth to realize how should we utilise Facebook as a social channel but not THE social channel in our lives.
You have access to your circle of friends 's thoughts and emotions by just glancing through the posts. You are always keep up with trends and casual news, as long as you diligently browse Facebook every single day. (Just count how many minutes you spent on Facebook per hour in average. Then multiply by 24. You will be amazed.)
Being alone together, is an emerging trend especially for my ages and younger.
http://www.ted.com/talks/sherry_turkle_alone_together.html
This inspirational TED talk addresses this worrying topic very thoroughly. I got heart-moved watching this talk, because what the speaker says is so matched with the reality. The future she foresees, is not so thrilling to know.
In fact, Facebook is better for observation on people than for interaction.
Have a common sense on human psychology and a couple assumptions, you could see, people could be read like a book.
The foggy hill is in fact, a very bumpy one.
At least very bumpy and foreign to me at first sight. I mean first day. This job is very rewarding with a number of reasons; it might be the most stretching one out there, it values you to a level that you never expected, it, basically, throws stuffs to you, and you have to take them one by one.
I still see things at a very positive side although might not be as enthusiastic as on some other things, which is perfectly reasonable. Banking per se is just as described by all others: fast-paced, dynamic, exacting, meritocratic. No matter what people actually do, regardless of functions, they bear the same banker's attitude.
Certainly I like this kind of atmosphere, I like positive people, I like to perform. The hard fact, though, is the transition between campus life and professional life is inevitable, and I am not good at adapting in a new environment.
We will see, we will see.
Resting recklessly in between of busy semester and exciting internship, so many things crossed my mind in this yet another transition of life.
I walked down from a bumpy road, looking afar, a foggy hill.
Events, coursework, tutoring, competition, job-hunting, networking, socializing;
Coursemates, friends around me, friends at US, friends back home, event partners, seniors, juniors, graduated seniors, family and all the people living around me.
My life is so multifaceted and dynamic that I could spent each of my day here differently, learning something new everyday. To a certain extent, I have deliberately paved down my path in this way, and I have enjoyed everything like never before.
The next, is judgmental. Real world, here I come.
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| I like this place. |
