We seldom lift ourselves up from the couch to go to a party. I myself can tell from experience that compared to America, a country filled with extroverts, a typical Asian “fun” day is staying in with your friends and playing video games. The addiction to technology isn’t limited to America it’s an international issue. The figures are lower in European countries, where people generally spend 5 to 7 hours per day, while countries like China, Brazil, Vietnam, Indonesia, and the Philippines spend around 9 hours per day in front of their laptops, texting on their phone, or swiping on a tablet. In 2014 the average American stares at a digital screen for around 7.5 hours per day.

Ansari’s parents were still happily married after thirty years. However, an overabundance of choices also leads to stress, and in the worse case scenario, not getting anything done, as evidence of Ansari getting a peanut butter and banana sandwich when he ran out of time trying to decide. Like no other generation, the information we need is right at our fingertips. We have the option to potentially make an experience better. Whether it’s where I’m eating, where I’m traveling or, God forbid, something I’m buying…” exclaims Ansari in his Time magazine article discussing his book. “This kind of rigor goes into a lot of my decision making. Like many others in our generation, Ansari is overwhelmed by choices, or mostly the abundance of them. Fast forward thirty years and it is taking Ansari more than that amount of time to figure out a place to eat dinner. It took Ansari’s parents less than thirty minutes to decide their marriage. Working with sociologist Eric Klinenberg, Aziz would later publish a book on the same topic. Through carefully timed pauses and borderline offensive jokes, Aziz subtly expresses his different views on controversial topics, one of which describes how social media affected modern human interaction. He proceeds to charm the audience with his well-practiced comedic techniques. It was the start of his Netflix special, Live at Madison Square Garden. The lights dimmed as the audience waited in anticipation.Īziz appeared, dressed in his iconic black and white tuxedo, a wide-eyed, goofy smile gracing his features.

Aziz in one his iconic outfits and expressions.

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