We currently live in a culture that fosters attention-deficit disorder because of hyperconnectivity. Nikki Graves. My answer has to do with the disturbing trend amongst college students, who operate as if all questions should be answered online. The devices make it so easy to find answers elsewhere that students forget to ask deep questions of themselves. This lack of uninterrupted introspection creates a very human problem: the anxiety of not knowing oneself.
The more the culture equates knowledge with data and social life with social media, the less time is spent on the path of wisdom, a path that always requires a good quotient of self-awareness. This becomes evident in classes where a portion of the grade is derived by open-ended writing assignments.
In order to write a compelling essay, the author needs to know that the process of crafting a question is more interesting than the retrieval of any answer. I am of the mind that a lot of the anxiety we see in college students is the agony of not having a clue about who they are.
Consider, for a moment, the latest buzzword: blockchain. Yesterday, I heard about a blockchain app designed for consent in sexual interactions — designed, of course, by men in Silicon Valley. An anonymous president of a U. Major industries — energy, religion, environment, etc. The level of those with aliteracy — people who can read but choose not to do so — is increasing in percentage. The issues we face are complex and intertwined, obfuscated further by lazy bloated media and readers and huge established industry desperate to remain in power as cheaply, easily, safely and profitably as possible — of course!
Those of us who still read actual books that require thinking rather than mere entertainment, must redouble our efforts to explain the complex phenomena we are in the midst of addressing in simple terms that can encourage, stimulate, motivate. People cannot opt out, advocate for themselves, or fix errors about themselves in proprietary algorithms.
Some of the most-concerned respondents pointed to the monetization of attention — the foundation of the internet economy — as the driving force behind many wellness issues. By leaving college at an early age, or running companies immediately after graduating, they fell under the spell of venture capitalists who push growth of capital over all other values. So the platforms will necessarily compromise humanity, democracy and other essential values.
The larger the companies grow, the more desperate and extractive they will have to become to grow still further. Unfortunately, major social media corporations have discovered that anger and insecurity keep people glued to their screens. As long as profit is more important than people, digital life will only grow more destructive. Kate Thomas. Other than the use of data analytics we have virtually no proof that wearables, etc.
We do have evidence of a radical reduction in privacy, increase in criminal activity as digital means reduce the cost of major financial and personal crimes , reduction of engagement with and caring for the environment as a result of increased interaction with online and digital devices. In an attempt to keep a Snapchat streak going or to perform for the illusion of a growing audience, this generation could easily live a life one inch deep and a mile wide instead of a deeper life with deeper relationships and deeper productivity.
The future of society depends upon our ability to educate people who are willing to get out of the zone on their phone and live life in the real world. The greatest innovations often happen with uninterrupted thought.
Without tenacity, self-control and some modicum of intelligence about the agenda of social media, the interruption generation will miss out on the greatness that could be theirs. Additionally, there are decentralized, distributed-actor groups with information operations capabilities that I will assert now rival those of nation-states.
Things are not what they seem. We now live in an environment where digital audio and video can be generated with modest skill to produce video that is functionally indistinguishable from photography while being essentially wholly specious.
Most internet users and virtually all of the news media seem to operating on two errant assumptions: 1 People mean what they write on the internet. Additionally, there are now generalized programming APIs that provide the ability to make essentially ANY application or website habituating for its users. People may perceive that their lives are better, but it will be the experience of the lobster in the slowly boiling pot. People will be fed news and targeted information that they will believe since they will not access the information needed to make up their own minds.
Out of convenience, people will accept limitations of privacy and narrowed information resources. Countries or political entities will be the influencers of certain groups of people.
People will be become more divided, more paranoid as they eventually understand that they have no privacy and need to be careful of what they say, even in their own homes. Some people will break free but at the loss of everything they had worked for. The digital divide will become worse, and many will be unable to pay for all the conveniences. To ensure simpler access and control, some political entities may try to make it available to everyone but at a cost of even more privacy. Convenience will be chosen over freedom.
Watch a young mother utterly engrossed in her phone and ignoring her small children and you will know what I mean. Humans need real-time, real-life interaction not just social interaction, yet the pull of the phone is overwhelming. More broadly, the platform companies are already destroying the business models of legacy media, and as that continues civic journalism will become thinner, poorer and possibly obsolete. It will simply drift back to propaganda. Among the most-expressed fears for well-being in the next decade were those having to do with issues of social isolation, societal distrust and identity and human agency.
This is a psychological claim, as well as a moral one. Unless we are able to regulate our digital environments politically and personally, it is likely that our mental and moral health will be harmed by the agency-undermining, disempowering, individuality-threatening and exploitative effects of the late-capitalistic system marked by the attention-extracting global digital communication firms.
People spend too much time online, often devouring fake and biased items. They grow hateful of each other rather than closer in understanding. Anonymous respondent. Thanks to the [Ajit] Pai regime at the FCC, Internet Service Providers have more power than they deserve to micromanage how we conduct our online social, political, educational and economic lives.
Those technologies change the way societies behave and operate - which also affects and evolves their economies, producing a potential greater need for more technology, resulting in a cycle. This co-dependent relationship of co-influence and co-production has been the case from the beginning of history, resulting in two major forms of this synergistic relationship co-evolving, depending on the type of society in question:.
No single piece of technology - even failed technology - has had zero impact on a human society. Once developed, whatever problem is solved by the technology then alters the behaviors and operations of the society, which may result in new problems, different economic structures, or new ways of life, which may then give way to even more technological innovations.
On a macro-scale, the society may simply use the technology to survive and thrive, or it may help the society to evolve and attain higher levels of global progress by creating a greater level of societal efficiency. At the same time, on the micro-scale, technological developments may even change human behavior to the point of altering human adaptive mechanisms and thus affecting organismal evolution. These evolutions have reached even to how societal languages i.
This can be agricultural technologies, such as with ancient civilizations, or computational technologies in more recent times. Technology can encompass ancient technologies such as the calculator, compass, calendar, battery, ships, or chariots, or modern technology, such as computers, robots, tablets, printers, and fax machines.
The technology of the future includes advanced Blockchain technologies, smart cities, more advanced smart devices, quantum computers, quantum encryption, and advanced Artificial Intelligence. In ancient times, the latter often encompassed an agricultural economy, along with imports and exports, while such societies often had militaries and educational centers, and evolved into advanced kingdoms, and even empires with vassal states. Throughout history, each civilization, society, kingdom and empire has grown, risen and fallen with technology at its helm.
Technology affects every part of a society, kingdom or empire, and is based on the available math and science of a society, affecting each sub-facet of a civilization, including its:. Technology also helped to shape agricultural practices, which helped ancient societies to thrive, and formed the backbone of the powerful economies of antiquity.
The invention of irrigation systems, architectural structures, the invention of glass , and the use of baked clay all played a part in the development of ancient cities and kingdoms. After the industrial revolution, these landmark inventions have evolved into mega cities, sky scrapers, and farms that feed millions today.
Technology has even affected how the most basic essence of human communication - language - has developed. Though it is a language isolate, hypothetically, if such language changed the roots of English words, for instance, the invention of stone tools eons ago could potentially affect the spoken language of English today. In fact, two of the most important examples of how technology helped change human societal behavior and perhaps evolution is the development of stone tools and the ability to harness fire.
Both aided in the survival of early hunter societies that created the ancient behaviors that Homo sapiens are known for the hunter-gatherer model before the development of agricultural societies , effectively changing the course of our evolution by even changing the genetics of whole societies genetic flow.
It could be said that history has been written by the invention and use of advanced technology. Ultimately, technology has positively affected human life from antiquity until now by solving problems associated with everyday life, and making it easier for different tasks to be completed.
Technology has made it easier to farm, more feasible to build cities, and more convenient to travel, among many other things, effectively linking together all countries on earth, helping to create globalization, and making it easier for economies to grow and for companies to do business.
Virtually every facet of human life can be carried out in an easier, more effective, and quicker fashion via technological solutions, resulting in less problems in one way, and more problems in another. While technology has had several less-than-desired impacts on society as a whole, there are potentially more positive impacts on society than negative impacts.
Such impacts have made life easier for multitudes, and have gifted many with the resources, education and tools needed to live a better life. Technologies, such as social media, are designed to bring people together, yet they may have the opposite effect in some cases.
A study in young adults aged 19—32 years found that people with higher social media use were more than three times as likely to feel socially isolated than those who did not use social media as often. Finding ways to reduce social media use, such as setting time limits for social apps, may help reduce feelings of isolation in some people.
The authors of a systematic review discussed the link between social networks and mental health issues, such as depression and anxiety.
Their research found mixed results. People who had more positive interactions and social support on these platforms appeared to have lower levels of depression and anxiety.
However, the reverse was also true. People who perceived that they had more negative social interactions online and who were more prone to social comparison experienced higher levels of depression and anxiety. So, while there does appear to be a link between social media and mental health, a significant determining factor is the types of interactions people feel they are having on these platforms.
This may lead to eyestrain. Symptoms of digital eyestrain can include blurred vision and dry eyes. Eyestrain may also lead to pains in other areas of the body, such as the head, neck, or shoulders. When using any form of digital screen for longer periods of time, the American Optometric Association recommend using the rule. To use the rule, after every 20 minutes of screen time, take a second break to look at something at least 20 feet away.
Doing this may help reduce the strain on the eyes from staring at a screen for a continuous period. Learn more about the rule in this article. The way many people use mobile devices and computers may also contribute to incorrect posture. Over time, this may lead to musculoskeletal issues. This can put an unnecessary amount of pressure on the neck and spine. A 5-year study in the journal Applied Ergonomics found an association between texting on a mobile phone and neck or upper back pain in young adults.
The results indicated the effects were mostly short term, though some people continued to have long-term symptoms. A study in the European Spine Journal found that the posture of the neck while texting made no difference in symptoms such as neck pain. However, the study did not include a long-term follow-up. Correcting posture problems while using technology may lead to an overall improvement in posture and strength in the core, neck, and back.
For example, if a person finds themselves sitting in the same position for hours at a time, such as sitting at a desk while working, regularly standing or stretching may help reduce strain on the body. Additionally, taking short breaks, such as walking around the office every hour, may also help keep the muscles loose and avoid tension and incorrect posture.
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