Attack of the Drones

Is it just me, or are we slowly all becoming more and more robotic in life? Or maybe time has always been this way and I am just observing what is an inevitable phenomenon. Maybe we are all fated to become more and more like each other as we strive to achieve "success". But doesn't it seem like there was a time when individuality was valued - where artistic ability was treasured more than efficiency?

Take for example architecture. It used to be that buildings were constructed not just efficiently and squeezed for space, but for aesthetics as well. But it seems to me like most modern architecture has taken the theme of "minimalism" to a new level and just simply cut corners in order to achieve a more cost effective, quicker way of building. The result? Buildings that feel cold and empty....made for robots without a soul.

What happens eventually is that we all start living and working in environments that are identical and we lose the uniqueness that makes New York what it is, or makes Madrid what it is, or makes Bombay what it is. Sure, we have remnants of older buildings, but soon enough we'll tear those down to build new, ugly, identical buildings that might be energy efficient, but lack any soul.

I do not want to travel the world in 30 years to see cities that mimic the same, cheap architecture that now epitimizes American buildings. But I'm afraid to see that it is already happening. Anyone been to Guatamala City lately? Or Managua? Or San Salvador? Ugh. Its like we took the worst of the tacky Floridian architecture and just exported it to places that once had their own style. Its so depressing to see people walking around these identical shopping malls - like drones - shopping at the same exact stores we shop at in the U.S. and Europe.

So I've been told my posts are a little too long. I'll cut this one short by saying....save yourself. Watch out for the attack of the drones.....