A war has started, this time on Twitter.

I suppose and hope that all of you are informed about the military attacks that have been launched between the Israeli Military Force and Hamas (armed group from Palestine), and how dangerous and tense is the atmosphere these days, because of the alarm of a new big scale armed conflict between those two groups.

Nonetheless, apart from all the missiles and mortars that Israel and Hamas are shooting to each other, there is another kind of response to the attacks: Twitter, the incredibly popular site of the “40 words”, has been used by the IDF (Israeli Defense Forces) and the Alqassam Brigades (military wing of Hamas) to publish statements regarding the conflict, some accomplishment like the murder of a Palestine leader (Ahmed Jabari) or to call on justice for the killings of 40 civilians in Gaza.

These are the polemic tweets that the IDF and Hamas had posted these recent days:

As you can see social media could be a determine factor in this conflict, because will not only inform about all the news regarding this armed conflict, but also be THE way how the rest of the world is going to create their bias about the struggle. All the tweets posted by these two military forces, apart from been used to show off their goals, killings and strategies; they will be the direct pieces of information about how these battle is lived and fought by Israelis and Palestinians.

Slaves of technology

Nowadays, people easily have access to technology. Internet, laptops, cell phones are key factors of that. However, with all these applied science, we tent to live our lives through it. Facebook, Twitter, even our e-mails are forms of communication that make us to be always connected to a website. When was the last time that you did not stay front a computer for a long time? And by a long time I am referring to a year. Do you remember? I do not think so.

During the last years, people in companies started to use internet as a source to exchange information with their workers. It is a fast way to be in contact with employees. Nevertheless, it is normal that people get tired of receiving messages or emails all the time.  The professor of London’s Global University, Caroline Sauvajol-Rialland, found out in a study that “excessive emails and general information result in social and psychological risks to employees and impoverishes the company”. Those workers spend 30% of their time at work attending calls or emails that demand immediate answers. Because of that, people get stress easily and their family lives start to disappear.

We are becoming slaves of technology and its changes. It would not surprise me that in a few years, the only way to show that we care for our beloved ones will be through internet. What do you think?