It’s very easy for someone to become dependent on the technology that they encounter everyday. Have you ever left the house without your phone and felt like something significant was missing? This over-reliance on tech, for all the connectedness it can offer, can make us experience disconnection from the world without it. Perhaps it has replaced our primary modes of connection. It can undoubtedly influence how we experience the world around us.
Every social media feed is curated. Only the most beautiful aspects of one’s life is shared on social media, and many times what is displayed on social media isn’t the truth. The viewer only sees what the account owner wants them to see. This can play havoc on the forming of children’s self esteem, providing them with unrealistic and often harmful role models.
It seems like its the knee-jerk reaction of many doctors to prescribe their patients some medication, even at the smallest of inconveniences. This is a facet of the world in which we’re currently living, and who knows how soon it’ll be we’ll have a medication for stubbing our toes?
In any major city you can’t turn a corner without being on a CCTV cameras. Surveillance has become so advanced, that the camera isn’t the biggest facet of the industry anymore. CCTV, biometric identification, data tracking, are all equal forms of surveillance, and with each year, surveillance becomes more and more invisible.
“Digital marketing experts estimate that most Americans are exposed to around 4,000 to 10,000 ads each day” (Simpson, 2017)
Advertising has become so intrusive in our everyday lives. We have developed a screening process for the torrent of ads we see everyday, marketing has turned our attention into a commodity.
