What a bummer-could you imagine the effects of everything in life being that easy? For example, being able to go to any ‘foreign’ space and not being encouraged to engage in it with its natural code / language / norms / conventions-but, instead, having the crutch to entirely rely on this technological bridge? It raises many questions about the watering down of culture, a simplification of the complex human experience, and limiting of challenges, learning, and self-development. Where will this simplistic, effortless life lead us? What joys will we have left? Will we ever have the desire to enjoy getting lost, enjoy learning a new language, enjoy the fruits from overcoming dilemmas? Utopias do not exist without their dystopia counterparts.
One man's dystopian landscape = another's utopian paradise. Aside from the apparent gains for those with disabilities, expanding real-time access to knowledge might increase immersion and presence. Language barriers limit how much a traveler can engage with a new place. From safety tools to communication aids, we're talking about enhancing experience, not diminishing it. People now pull out their smartphones and distract themselves from the real world, which is true. Perhaps a heads-up display with readily available info is a return to us paying more attention to what's most important with more efficient, quick glances at helpful data when needed. Marshall McLuhan's ideas around The Medium being the Message tackle these topics. We shape our tools, and in turn, they shape us. Our technologies function as extensions of our own body parts. Sure, environments change, and our tools speed up the process, but understanding what changes is more important than fighting all change on principle alone. Sharing our opinions on RUclips video comments is a feat many might have protested a few decades ago, but here we are learning and communicating at the speed of light. Who knows what's next?
What a bummer-could you imagine the effects of everything in life being that easy? For example, being able to go to any ‘foreign’ space and not being encouraged to engage in it with its natural code / language / norms / conventions-but, instead, having the crutch to entirely rely on this technological bridge? It raises many questions about the watering down of culture, a simplification of the complex human experience, and limiting of challenges, learning, and self-development.
Where will this simplistic, effortless life lead us? What joys will we have left? Will we ever have the desire to enjoy getting lost, enjoy learning a new language, enjoy the fruits from overcoming dilemmas? Utopias do not exist without their dystopia counterparts.
Google maps has got you covered for getting misdirected
@@udirt Yoooo exactly, @objectparadise is totally misled
One man's dystopian landscape = another's utopian paradise. Aside from the apparent gains for those with disabilities, expanding real-time access to knowledge might increase immersion and presence. Language barriers limit how much a traveler can engage with a new place. From safety tools to communication aids, we're talking about enhancing experience, not diminishing it. People now pull out their smartphones and distract themselves from the real world, which is true. Perhaps a heads-up display with readily available info is a return to us paying more attention to what's most important with more efficient, quick glances at helpful data when needed.
Marshall McLuhan's ideas around The Medium being the Message tackle these topics. We shape our tools, and in turn, they shape us. Our technologies function as extensions of our own body parts. Sure, environments change, and our tools speed up the process, but understanding what changes is more important than fighting all change on principle alone.
Sharing our opinions on RUclips video comments is a feat many might have protested a few decades ago, but here we are learning and communicating at the speed of light. Who knows what's next?