I was at Sweetwaters cafe, my recess downtown Ann Arbor, privy amongst the hoards of people who swarmed the place. I was sitting there on a couch, with every conceivable spot taken by either a student from the Michigan university or an old man or an old couple enagaged in deep conversation. And in all this noise and clamour, I sat , my animus intact in concentration. It gives me a strange comfort to self analyse with secrecy my thoughts in this chaotic abuzz.
But while i sat there couldn't help notice that every table had a laptop or a book, depending on if you were the young or the old lot. 90% were with laptops and nothing around mattered. The laptop would give them company for as long as they wanted. Google search, blogs, research articles, general stuff would just keep them going with the free wireless on offer. And I suddenly realised how we have learnt to seclude ourselves from people. How gadgets are finally our best friends, reliable and at disposal without a hassle. How if there was no laptop, 60% of our times at work would be spent quite futile. How in a crowd , we can learn to be alone with a companionship that is rather interesting, very absorbing and encompassing.
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