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Those of us who have ever worked in the farmhouse, at least in our region, have often heard the word “cake” with the meaning of “embroidering” or “decorating” the surface. In most cases, however, the field that needed to be deepened was used to denounce that the bark has been decorated and well worked.

Now these kinds of activities are multiplying and we get a psychologist into the house when our teenagers, children and also children curse us by the head and we don't have the ability to redirect the situation. We need a Personal Trainer to take care of our health, our food and to guide us on how to do sport; although we want to take care of the image, there is nothing but hiring the help of a Personal Shopper and she will be the person who purchases blind clothing, when decorating our own house... and the Personal Shopper technology, which we increasingly need to be able to use it and not be able to use it. A man of a name such as the one who, until recently, was only within reach of the wealthy, a chauffeur and some a motorboat which, in addition to driving the car, had to give some advice.

On the one hand, we are seeking independence and, on the other hand, are we not becoming ever more dependent? Do we need all those intermediaries that we've mentioned above to own ourselves? Or do we have pointless annexes that seem to be necessary so that we are not independent? What for? If you think right, to do wrong. For hypocrisy to fill us!

Why, because we need them or to create the need? Because despite the time, we don't have time to learn the things we need? Why so many careers, degrees and titles if we lose sense? What are so many friends for if most of the time we're engaged in silent loneliness? So many great homes for smaller and smaller families? So many comic series if we just make a smile to take a picture?

Well, let us go! The more we advance in technology, the more delayed we are in our relationships. The more advisors around us the farther away we are. With the conviction that life is a long life, life goes unnoticed. Having many around us (things, advisors...) means having few of us (imagination, creativity...).

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