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The triviality of social media

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When we look around, in places where there is a mass of people, the first thing we notice is that most of them stay with their heads down, their nape to the sky and their face to the ground. ¿What is the cause of this? They’re looking at their smartphones. The current necessity of being aware if there is new tweet from our favorite celebrity, a new polemic rant on Facebook or if we got a new follower on Instagram has produced a social transformation that reflects on the shallowness of people. As everything becomes more quick and contingent, we can see less deep. In my opinion, this had lead us to a sad paradox: currently most people have internet and social media access, which should make communication and social relationships more fluid than ever; instead, electronic devices have managed to place a curtain separating us, faking real connection and giving us just simulacra of reality. People can easily alter the image they project on social media, based on what they think is c...

A favourite piece of technology

My favorite piece of tecnology is a camera. I think that this object allows us to save memories so important of our lives, and these that are not important too. If I’m not mistaken the first time that I had a camera, was in my birthday when I turned thirteen years and I liked it a lot. I think from there I begun to take pictures to a lot of things, persons and moments – I’m not expert, but I like to do it-. Actually, most of the cellphones have camera, this is the way it is simpler to have access to these. In this moment I do not have a camera, but my cellphone have it so then most of the time I take pictures of things and moments that are relevant and worth remembering. In my opinion, camera isn’t essential to live, because isn’t a basic need. Nevertheless, thanks to this technological object  important historical moments  have been kept, that we can see through pictures. 

Why did you choose to study this study programme?

When I was a child, I didn't think time would go so fast by until I had to make such complex decisions. When I was child, one of my dreams was to be a veterinarian, because of the closeness I always had with animals. As far as the options of university careers were concerned, agronomy, social work and anthropology, but I decided for the latter because I like the idea of knowing different cultures and social factors, that perhaps they can be improved, in some cases. In addition, I want to know the world, travel, be in places with history, etc. (Although it sounds like the typical teenage dream, I would like to make it happen). My university experience has been very enjoyable. I have found people with whom I get along very well and feel that it has helped me to grow as a person. What I do not like is that there are times when the academic load is too much, which causes stress and difficult times. At the moment I am not clear on what I would like to do when I leave the Univers...