Topic of the Week - The Digital Language

In this day in age, we are so obsessed with the act of being connected. Of being connected to family, friends, co-workers, or just the general public of what happening and where is it happening. Of finding the one with a swipe of a finger or posting what you ate for lunch the other day. Everything and everyone is connected someway to the internet nowadays that it has become the way of life. You can't leave the house without a phone or rather even live your life without a phone it seems. It's generally scary to think how far gone we have gotten from human connection and become so dependent on interacting only by the internet and be suffice with just that.

One of the ways we interact with one another is through social apps so like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tinder, Youtube, and even Wix. You see all these apps share one thing in common and some others as well but the main thing is one's showcase of one's self. You present yourself to the whole world with a simple profile, listing key attributes or what you generally like. This of course isn't your real self but rather what you perceive yourself to be. There is too many things to list about yourself to truly get the grand scope of who you are as a person. Even though these social apps try to sell you on the interactions of real people it falls short in only meeting false or rather far from the true image of the person you talking to.

However, there is one social app that goes past this digital language and shows a human side to the internet, that is Spotify. Spotify is just like the others but it showcases something that you can't put into words. Spotify isn't even a social app but generally should be considered one by the ways of following artists or even other listeners. You make your profile not on words but music that does a whole lot of a better job than the other apps I've listed. People get to explore your various playlists that showcases the deepest corners of your mind and truly describes you better than any words can.

Spotify is a social app but offers a weird bi-product that it didn't really plan to create. It gives you a chance to describe yourself better than ever before by showing people the music that describes how you feel or have felt, memories you had or want to have, and of course the softer side of yourself. It shows the sad songs you listen to at the dark times or happy songs that perk you up and even songs of love that you wish you had. Spotify is a rare case of an app that actually glimpses into the real world of human interactions where others fail at by using music to describe you. So go outside and interact with people but don't forget to listen your favorite jam along the way. This has been the Topic of the Week, thanks for reading. Ricardo signing off.