In fact, the way we are all communicating with each other, with institutions and companies is changing – and I don’t believe it is for the better. Now, I see them as dangers to society because of the impact they’re having to our family and friendship circles. Initially, I saw these as helpful, educational and informative in the early years when they helped me build my professional network and development to assist me in my work. A major debate on the critical dilemmas of societies in the era of the so-called “Techno-life” : times of dystopia or a critical crossroads of choices for societies, at a time when the 4th Technological “Revolution” is shaping the field for the economy, politics, geopolitics, collective entities, human relations and the human being. This is an excellent run down of the dilemmas of technology and their impact to society by a Professor of Philosophy of Art. The statistics that I see – as well as hearing about the damage they do to our interpersonal communication is frightening. I’m fighting these things myself so that I don’t be the statistic. It’s prevalent and I’m sure that we all know someone – or their children – who are constantly online. At the same time, I see people, family and friends who have internet and screen addictions around me. Their algorithms are designed to keep our eyeballs on them for the longest period so that we can hopefully, (to the platform capitalists) consume more and buy more. However, now, I’m seeing these tools and platforms for what they really are. I had a naive view of how technology could be used to better our connections, community and society. In some ways, with hindsight now, I look back and think that I was incredibly naive back then. Thing is, a lot has changed in the world since 2014. Who would have thought that many years ago, as I dabbled with Snapchat to use as a working out loud medium and shared its value of providing content in a way that was easy and digestible, that now, I’d be doing everything OPPOSITE to my original methods.
Let’s face it, the world now wants their content delivered in short bursts in a TikTok format…and I’m not so sure how I feel about that.
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