Is the Terminator Really Our Future? Are We Trading Empathy for Digital Access?
Technology has given us the ability to travel, see, communicate, and connect to anything, anywhere, and with (almost) anyone in the world 24/7. What it can’t do is give us the ability to feel, to be real, to empathize, and more.
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We look down all day long at our social feeds to suck up the events of the day—some actually happened and some even are serious and important—from the far corners of the world and right across the way.
We log onto our devices and apps, only to be assailed by images and messages that appear instantaneously from the ether. We (tell me I’m not alone!) look and listen to the delivered obsessively awaiting pings lest we miss anything by a nano-second.?
Yet, has our humanity improved with all that information and content (Kardashians aside)? Has our actual ability to deliver one-to-one anything progressed??
Do we leverage our worldview into a vision of and action for a better world?
Big questions for an IMAGINE summer day, I know. Yet they are questions that, at least to me, are at the heart of the human future (or not)—never mind at the heart of compassion. (Read meaning the same thing. Human future = compassionate world.)
Ergo, how can we pretend to have insight into human behavior (a must for any endeavor) if we have no feelings (sympathy, empathy, or even understanding) beyond a quick social meme for the human condition?
Clearly, nothing affects this kind of thinking (at least in me) like the tragic, needless loss of life. Slow your scrolling for a minute. It’s there 24/7, always on—from everywhere.
Sometimes our DIGIBABBLE embrace of what we call technology needs to take a back seat to simple truths:
“It is well to remember that the entire population of the universe, with one trifling exception, is composed of others.” —Andrew J Holmes
The answer??
I’m not referring to some abstract,” purposeful” way, but tangibly and with passion. It will affect you, whomever you touch, and... yes, our future as a species.
Think about that one trifling exception…
What’s your view??
Finance, Strategic Management and Business Specialist
1 年Great insight and questions David. Always much to ponder as we "advance" and whether it is for the good or not.
PwC Central & Eastern Europe - Retired Partner (Part Time from July 2024)
1 年We have to be "in the moment" and tuned into people, without it we are robots just mindlessly going through space. All of the digital noise around us either overwhelms us or, at a minimum, takes away our humanity, our ability to have empathy. The culture cauldron we are in today is a example.
Senior UI/UX Designer
1 年We have all this info at our fingertips, but has it really made us better? We are missing the point if we're not using it to truly understand and connect with each other. It's high time we bring back the human element in our tech-saturated world. #realtalk #tech
Driving Brand Success with Strategic Marketing, Communications, and Business Development | B2B & B2C Brand Builder | Storyteller | Content Creator | Video Crafter | Collaborator | Campaigner
1 年Everything should have a limit - issues only occur when we go beyond those limits. Its time to take a step back and communicate wisely