I have usually accepted new technology with open arms, however, as I get older I realize its damaging effects. I titled this blog with the intention to take a look at technology and how it's affecting our lives, yet I haven't had the courage to cut the cord with several social media websites--these are the sites that I am most concerned about. I am tired of living in bad faith and decided that now is the time to just quit them all. I guess it was the fear of missing out that has kept me from deleting my accounts. There seems to be this pervasiveness to our thoughts of how it is social media that connects us to the outside world. I realized that the people I care about are right there around me. I don't need Facebook to connect me to people I barely knew in college anymore, I don't need Instagram to look at the wanderings of people I hardly know, if at all. The people I care about and the people who care about me are a phone call away, they have my ...
A look into how technology affects our lives from a philosophical, social, and fictional perspective.