Control devices

Art Burshy is this weekend going to Paris for another visit.
Fully prepared he leaves the hotel room and like a true tourist he holds a map of Paris in his right hand.

There is so much to see in Paris, so Art just loves to walk around.
He actually has a bit of a strange approach to explore the city:
Step 1 - completely get lost
This step in Paris is not so difficult. Just walk into some of the older parts, taking the small streets, and before you know you have no clue where you are.
Step 2 - get more lost
This step is just asking Parisians the way to a certain place; they will happily explain but in the end you will really not know where you are. From experience it works best to ask the way to a place a bit further from where you are, or even better, to a non-existing place.
Step 3 - integrate
At the place where you end up, completely lost, you look for a typical local cafe. You mostly recognise by
(i) the cafe is very small, and you should have hardly any space to enter through the door.
(ii) the owner stands behind the bar and a few customers sitting at the bar (or rather leaning over the bar),
(iii) and best indicator would be the teeth of the man behind the bar; proper signs of smoking and drinking should mark his smile, and a look on his face showing an absolute non-interest to welcome you as a new customer.
No matter what time, you order a glass of red wine and sit at the bar.
You look grumpy and non-interested while sipping from the wine, and after some time you ask (in your best french) whether there is anything interesting in the area.
Insist, also by complimenting the bartender saying he must know the area so well, receiving so many guests and having such a nice cafe.
Step 4 - define your target sightseeing
If you had truly interesting advice at the bar you go for it and see where you end up.
If not, check where you are on the map, and look for the nearest attraction.

Well, and here Art is standing in the Paris streets, the map of Paris in his hands and looking around to see where he is. All of a sudden he observes the people around him.
Where are they going? Are they tourists or Parisians? Do they manage without a map?
Then he realises something weird...they are all watching a small device while they walk...
Art wonders:
- Do these devices tell the people where to go? The people look like zombies, so that might be the case,
- Who controls these devices? Which superpower is controlling these zombies?
- Are these the famous "Smart Phones", and would they replace the intelligence of "not-so-smart" people?
- Is there a risk that someone takes over control of all Smart Phones and start screwing with our minds, controlling mankind ?
Ah well, Art observes his brain starting to make strange thoughts and developing weird feelings of anxiousness when reflecting on these suspicions.

Art just feels it is a shame to see people rushing through the areas, focused on the devices and in a hurry.
They miss out on so many things:
- the rays of light colouring the houses warm yellow in the morning,
- the new fresh green leaves on the trees,
- the sound of the first birds singing in spring,
- the many types of creatively dressed people passing by.
Art feels it is better to run less, and enjoy more the walking.
And there used to be times where he tried to convince others, but if people would not listen. As long as people do not experience pain they will just not reflect on changing.
So Art stopped, and just tries to maximise his own pleasure walking through life.