Our Pursuit of Notifications
Most of us are living by motto of over-documenting our under-achievements. The desire to be wowed is getting stronger than the need to learn and need to improve. Even the philanthropist in us have become considerate of "shareability" of an act and given a choice(mostly we are) we prefer being Good Samaritan in a situation in which we can be clicked over the one in which we cannot. This behavior of "performing to gallery" is altering us, our lives and our self esteem. Apart from the obvious danger of choosing confirmation over morality, we are staring into the possibility of turning ourselves into data gluttons, consuming the information equivalent of junk food. Noah Harari, in his book "Homo Deus" talks about "experiencing self" and "narrating self". Quoting him, "Experiencing self remembers nothing. It tells no stories and is seldom consulted when it comes to major decisions. Retrieving memories, telling stories and mak