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Less Human Than Human - CoT 046

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On Citizens of Tech today, a thought experiment. Eric and I are going to discuss whether or not our lives immersed in technology has made us less human.


I Used to Be a Human Being

http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html

    Let’s move to the web.

      When were you first introduced to the web, in whatever platform? Doesn’t have to be a browser.

      What did you like about it?

      How is the web experience different from what it used to be?

      What would you change about the web if you could?

    Your first social media platform.

      What’s the first social media platform you remember?

      What do you remember about it?

      What did you like?

      What did you dislike?

      Were you anonymous or not?

      When did you quit that platform, and why?

    This thing of interconnectedness.

      We are connected to each other.

      We’re connected to our things…

      ...that are connected to each other.

      But are we truly connected?

      What different about a meatspace interaction compared to an online one?

      Why do people who only know each other on Twitter want to meet IRL?

      Is there something deeper that happens when we meet in real life.

      The issue of trust. Of tribe. Of acceptance.

      What happens when we have augmented reality? When facial recognition can bring up an augmented reality profile and online persona of the person we’re meeting in meatspace? That won’t even be hard to do. What is is we’re trying to find out?

      Religious people who de-convert tell stories of needing a place to belong.

      History of rural NH and frontier have an undercurrent of people relying on others for survival. Trust was required in this society.

      How do you trust a digital connection? We can authenticate. We can identify. We know who a person is at that level. But we don’t know WHAT they are. Or what they might do in a given situation.

    Technology addiction & the time suck.

      Why are we addicted to our tech, and in what ways?

      Has technology eaten up portions of our lives, preventing us from doing other things?

      Is it generationally biased to criticize the young as overusing technology, because we think it takes too much time?

      Are non-techie things somehow “better”?

      Or more human?

  continue reading

73 episodes

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On Citizens of Tech today, a thought experiment. Eric and I are going to discuss whether or not our lives immersed in technology has made us less human.


I Used to Be a Human Being

http://nymag.com/selectall/2016/09/andrew-sullivan-technology-almost-killed-me.html

    Let’s move to the web.

      When were you first introduced to the web, in whatever platform? Doesn’t have to be a browser.

      What did you like about it?

      How is the web experience different from what it used to be?

      What would you change about the web if you could?

    Your first social media platform.

      What’s the first social media platform you remember?

      What do you remember about it?

      What did you like?

      What did you dislike?

      Were you anonymous or not?

      When did you quit that platform, and why?

    This thing of interconnectedness.

      We are connected to each other.

      We’re connected to our things…

      ...that are connected to each other.

      But are we truly connected?

      What different about a meatspace interaction compared to an online one?

      Why do people who only know each other on Twitter want to meet IRL?

      Is there something deeper that happens when we meet in real life.

      The issue of trust. Of tribe. Of acceptance.

      What happens when we have augmented reality? When facial recognition can bring up an augmented reality profile and online persona of the person we’re meeting in meatspace? That won’t even be hard to do. What is is we’re trying to find out?

      Religious people who de-convert tell stories of needing a place to belong.

      History of rural NH and frontier have an undercurrent of people relying on others for survival. Trust was required in this society.

      How do you trust a digital connection? We can authenticate. We can identify. We know who a person is at that level. But we don’t know WHAT they are. Or what they might do in a given situation.

    Technology addiction & the time suck.

      Why are we addicted to our tech, and in what ways?

      Has technology eaten up portions of our lives, preventing us from doing other things?

      Is it generationally biased to criticize the young as overusing technology, because we think it takes too much time?

      Are non-techie things somehow “better”?

      Or more human?

  continue reading

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