He was a genius for a reason

A true sign of genius, is being able to think outside of the box and way ahead of your time. Well, dear old Al was able to do both.  He was brilliant beyond his years, and I don’t mean his age, I mean the era in which he was discovering and producing such information and knowledge.

It is absolutely amazing to me what this man could accomplish, here is a small list of some of his major accomplishments, and this doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of his accomplishments:

• Einstein showed that absolute time had to be replaced by a new absolute: the speed of light.

• He asserted the equivalence of mass and energy, which would lead to the famous formula E=mc²

• Einstein challenged the wave theory of light, suggesting that light could also be regarded as a collection of particles. This helped to open the door to a whole new world--that of quantum physics.
• In 1910, Einstein answered a basic question: 'Why is the sky blue?'
• Einstein later published a paper in 1915 called "General Relativity."
• Einstein recognized that there might be a problem with the classical notion of cause and effect.
• Between 1905 and 1925, Einstein transformed humankind's understanding of nature on every scale, from the smallest to that of the cosmos as a whole.
• Einstein and de Sitter in 1932 proposed a simple solution of the field equations of general relativity for an expanding universe. They argued that there might be large amounts of matter which does not emit light and has not been detected.

No matter how scientific he got with his studies, the one thing this man never did, was remove the human factor in it all. He never overlooked that all of his work, his studies, and his discoveries were for the benefit of mankind.

And with his afore mentioned statement, “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots.” – Albert Einstein

The human that can possibly regarded as the most brilliant person to exist, and who heavily relied on technology to confirm his hypotheses, made this statement in the early 1900s. If he were alive today, I feel he was die from disappointment in today’s society.

The fact that these generations being raised on phones, devices, gaming systems, anything…are total and complete idiots. And I can say this because my three boys are suffering from this. I watch these kids and they are actually sitting around a dinner table together, texting one another, instead of actually holding a conversation.

It breaks my heart to see these kids, not able to look an adult in the eye and say hello and actually carry on a conversation. It breaks my heart to see the world turn into such a machine modified place of existence. I understand there are movies like “Back to the Future” and TV shows like “The Jetsons”, that were ahead of their times. But if you watch carefully, people are still talking and interacting in those movies and shows.

I feel a lot of our societal problems…failing marriages, failing friendships, lack of work ethic is strongly based on the failing art of communication. Remind your kids that no matter what a computer or phone can do for them in the world, the touch, the hug, or the spoken word from one human being to another is irreplaceable.

We have all learned something from Albert, but I think this is the most important lesson we could ever learn from him. Don’t allow idiots to take over our children. Let’s keep them grounded and solid people. Make them do chores, make them earn that new phone they want, make them speak when spoken to, and make them touch and love you. No machine or computer will ever be able to replace a hug, a kiss, or a hand holding.