I hate to play the pessimist here, but I wish we could balance these amazing technological advances with the wisdom on how to use them.
Phones are awesome to look up information or video chat family members on another part of the planet. But staring at them for emotional regulation while avoiding real people around you is a mistake.
I wonder how we're going to solve this problem culturally. I'm trying to change my own habits, but it's hard.
> I hate to play the pessimist here, but I wish we could balance these amazing technological advances with the wisdom on how to use them.
This article left me with the same feeling. Technology advances so fast we're simply unable to collectively process the power we have. We're the equivalent of a toddler finding daddy's gun.
Or this quote from Kim Stanley Robinson's Red Mars:
"We're like dwarves in a waldo[.] One of those really big waldo excavators. We're inside it and supposed to be moving a mountain, and instead of using the waldo capabilities we're leaning out of a window and digging with teaspoons. And complimenting each other on the way we're taking advantage of the height."
We don't even realize what is possible with our current technology.
Phones are awesome to look up information or video chat family members on another part of the planet. But staring at them for emotional regulation while avoiding real people around you is a mistake.
I wonder how we're going to solve this problem culturally. I'm trying to change my own habits, but it's hard.