Trees Quote: WiFi vs. Oxygen
This quote from Tarun Sarathe, featured in the picture above, is taking our country's obsession with technology and using it to make a point about how we feed this addiction before anything else. The quote reads, "Imagine if trees gave off Wifi signals, we would be planting so many trees and we'd probably save the planet too. Too bad they only produce the oxygen we breathe." This criticizes America's growing infatuation with the newest electronics and gadgets and our ability to let this overshadow even life or death matters.
Reading the first part of this quote, "Imagine if trees gave off Wifi signals, we would be planting so many trees and we'd probably save the planet too", you may think WiFi trees would be the best invention ever and that they would definitely result in an increase of tree preservation. It's a win-win situation right? But then, you read the second part of the quote, "Too bad they only produce the oxygen we breathe." This part leaves us thinking. We were so caught up with the potential of having free WiFi wherever we go, that we totally ignored the fact that the most essential factor of our existence is produced by trees. It is sad that the thing that would motivate us to save the Earth is not the oxygen we need to survive, but instead the internet connection that is making us into a country riddled with electronic addiction. This just shows how messed up our society's priorities have become. The fact that electronics to entertain us have become a more pressing matter than air to sustain us indicates that our country has been lost to a technology induced craze.
This quote sums up just how devastating the flaws in our society have become to both us and our environment. The following section reveals the medical effects our society has on us in contrast with nature.
Reading the first part of this quote, "Imagine if trees gave off Wifi signals, we would be planting so many trees and we'd probably save the planet too", you may think WiFi trees would be the best invention ever and that they would definitely result in an increase of tree preservation. It's a win-win situation right? But then, you read the second part of the quote, "Too bad they only produce the oxygen we breathe." This part leaves us thinking. We were so caught up with the potential of having free WiFi wherever we go, that we totally ignored the fact that the most essential factor of our existence is produced by trees. It is sad that the thing that would motivate us to save the Earth is not the oxygen we need to survive, but instead the internet connection that is making us into a country riddled with electronic addiction. This just shows how messed up our society's priorities have become. The fact that electronics to entertain us have become a more pressing matter than air to sustain us indicates that our country has been lost to a technology induced craze.
This quote sums up just how devastating the flaws in our society have become to both us and our environment. The following section reveals the medical effects our society has on us in contrast with nature.
