Potential Power

I have a pet peeve, something that has always bothered me, and most people don’t understand, and that is using the tools you own to their full capabilities.
Take, for example, your brand new phone from 2019. Its processor is capable of rendering movies at 4k, it’s capable of performing 3d tasks at a consistent framerate.
Or even your fancy new sports car, capable of lapping the greatest circuits of the world at breakneck speeds, and the same with that flashy 4×4 from 2016. Capable of smashing through dunes and crawling over rocks that would sheer suspensions clear off. These things, these tools, were built to be so capable, yet who uses it to its ultimate capacity? People use the powerhouses in their pockets for nothing more than WhatsApp replies and selfies, drive at 60 from the home garage to the work parking lot. So much potential, just sitting there, wasted.
One might say, “but Mr. Apex, I want to preserve the life of my product; I don’t want to be stress testing it and taking it to its limits on the daily! What do you say to that?” To that, I say, your point is valid, but have you tried, at least once, to see what it is capable of? Chances are no, not really, and perhaps you never will. And I feel like that’s a waste, and you’re making the poor product sad. Let it fulfill its purpose at least once, let it run free of your reins, let it run wild. Chances are you’re going to get rid of it without even trying to see what the potential was because “time hasn’t been kind to it, also it’s outdated.” That’s why microwaves still have their plastics on the button panel, but the magnetron is gone. That’s why phone batteries don’t hold a charge, yet they can still shoot videos in UltraHD. It’s why SUVs get sold without even encountering anything remotely remote. I guess what I’m trying to say is enjoy what you own. Say Alhamdulillah, you’ve been blessed with a thing, appreciate it, and use it, fully, once in a while. And remember, I say use, not abuse. You can render a video on your laptop and listen to the fans ramp to the max while the CPU sits at a 90 degree idle, but no one is saying you should make a grilled cheese sandwich with the heat.