On Demand

I want to take a break from the zeal of campaigning to discuss or at least examine the newest technology of On demand. On demand has really picked up speed in the last two years by providing new channels to watch desired content (and extra content) that we would otherwise never see due our hectic schedules.

I was told one time by my International Affairs professor that he believed that this On Demand, including youTube, wasn't sustainable and would 'break' the internet. Of course the truth is that technology will adapt to make On Demand faster, better, and in high definition... but it's a possibility that On Demand has the capability of breaking us. Our lives are ironically slowly moving to a On Demand culture which feeds off of instant gratification. I imagine without some sort of control we'll create a society in which we create "On Demand" relationships where we fast forward through the small talk and get right on to the main part then quickly reboot and head to another poor soul.

For a fact I've seen it in the way we treat religion. We treat God like a God On Demand, and shockingly it doesn't work that way.

Worst of all we can't handle or stand anyone who isn't instantaneous, like people over the age 60. Our solution is to put them in a slow home so that they don't interfere with our high paced On Demand world.

The bottom line is that technology is great if we can grasp that we're not computers that can move as blazingly fast (nor do we want too). Technology is wonderful, including On Demand, if we can understand and value in our society that somethings need time and patients.

So calm down and slow down today, take a break from an On Demand world, and appreciate what we have by trying to focus on how to better those relationships with others, but most of all ourselves (and that also includes our body which often gets neglected the most!).

Oh and stay +Positive today as well!

~J out.