A man comes out of jail after 44 years. And he just cannot recognise the world anymore!

For Otis Johnson, he feels like he's entered a completely new planet!

Published: November 26, 2015 8:11 PM IST

By India.com Staff

A man comes out of jail after 44 years. And he just cannot recognise the world anymore!

Otis Johnson went to jail at the age of 25, for attempted assault of murder on a policeman. And when he emerged outside 44 years later, at the age of 69, the world had become a different, different place. He got off at Times Square and just could not recognise anything at all. Everything had changed so drastically, it was like stepping into another era! He couldn’t understand and it took him some time to just get used to the shock and come to term with the changes. The first he did after getting out? Well, it was not enjoying his freedom but just sitting there on Times Square, trying to make sense of the completely crazy that seemed to flash past him. It was a hard wake up.

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Everything from the LCD screens that had replaced show windows to the people walking all over looking into their phones – he even wondered if everyone was CIA as only they had wires sticking out of their ears (referring to headphones)! The plight of Otis highlights how fast technology has advanced and how far away we have come for the pleasant and almost laid-back 60s and 70s. It also tells us the importance of teaching the inmates and helping them stay up to date with technology. For Otis, the world he has emerged in is a completely mythical world, where people can talk to each other through wires and everything is now digital.

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Otis also talks of how everything has become extremely expensive and how prices have shot through the roof. Tells us about the rate of inflation. The video honestly, is really sad, bringing on many existential questions about life and living. It also makes us fear a little – the way we are running so fast ahead, how soon will we fly? And will there be a stop to the technology madness?

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