Our world has become smaller through advancements in technology. We can speak to friends and family across the globe through video calls and explore other countries through videos, photographs and applications like Google Maps, but is this really the same as seeing and feeling these adventures for ourselves?
In the following poem, Oscar Mann discusses all of the things he has experienced through screens.
My digital Utopia
By Oscar Mann I know birds and bees And magnifi cent trees I have seen them on TV
I have climbed mountains Despite my fear of heights And have also mastered digital tides
There is nothing I don’t know And nowhere I can’t go There is nothing I need Besides my 24/7 live feed
I have met some women The greatest ones I’ve ever seen Sitting inside my computer screen
And my conversations are special Intelligent and profound Now that I don’t need to make a sound
There is nothing left to lose And everything left to gain There is nothing left untold In my digital utopian world