Some Interesting Analogies

A little girl got a talking doll and became obsessed with it. Soon the doll would't talk back to her.

A teenager without his own computer found a cyber bar nearby. He spent days and nights there playing video games until he collapsed.

A man got a new set of electric hair-trimming kit. He had too much fun with it at first, and then got the hair above his left ear completely shaved off.

A TV news team purchased expensive SNG equipment and hired a group of people to operate them. Then, live coverage of silly and insignificant events began to appear.

A university offered its students new and comfortable dorm buildings, with private bathrooms in each suite. But, the rent skyrocketed and many poor students had no choice but to use their tuition money for housing. And the university ended up being short on the tuition fee.

In warfares, a countries with high-tech weapons turned war into graphic charts and computer games, leaving out signs of human casuality.

Whether funny or regretful, practical or sad, these different aspects of our experience remind us of a simple lesson: learn your tool well, see what it can do for you, and don't overuse it.