This is Shinjuku - seedy
tech underbelly of Tokyo. The catch basin of a shocking segment of Japanese
youth, addicted to “tech.” Here, day and night, rain or shine, you can find the
youth of Japan, “jonesing” for a “fix.” And their numbers increase daily, their
minds numbed by apps, tweets, twitters, social media – sometimes they just
stare blankly at vacant screens…their batteries having worn down.
There are both “tech”
addicts here and dealers – the perverse purveyors of the latest in “apps,”
games, tablets and “pods.” The “pod society.” Addicts flock here hoping to get
the latest app from the Apple cult, Microsoft, and a myriad of other
manufacturers. Perhaps, they hope, they can “score” the latest Apple pod or some
knockoff or imitation.
You can sense, almost feel,
their intelligence being sapped from their brains, right before your eyes. The
“dumbing-down” of our future. Kids with finger tips inflamed from texting –
kids with severe hearing losses from the blasting of music from iTunes and
YouTube. Young bodies and minds damaged beyond repair.
But it’s not too late. There
is something you can do to stop this tragic downward spiral to intellectual
oblivion. Kids and perhaps a nation with no future. Take away your kids “tech”
toys. Ignore the hype that they are harmless. Give your kids a book, some
paper, art supplies. Make them go outside and play…even if it means locking
them out for a few hours. And don’t whimper and whine that., “Oh, they might
get hurt!” Cuts and bruises, scrapes and scratches are part of being a kind.
They’ll be better adults for it.
There is still hope…but time
is running out.
For Eyewitness News…this is Catman reporting.
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