Are we obsessed with Facebook? I have been trying to convince myself that I do not have a problem, that a day can go by without logging on to this social networking site and conversing with friends and family members of my daily activies. This method of communicating is the way of the future, it is our future here and now!! Thus, we all are interested in it in some weird way or another. I was thinking about theorist; Marcuse and how he reviews the concept of rationality, as he argues that technology can reflect human liberation. I found that really interesting especially when comparing human liberation with mechanism like facebook, the crackberry and other addicting and time consuming sites, and technologies. As much as technology does free us from our restrictions and geographical barriers, it also dominates our daily lives. We become so fixated on its use and flexibility that it takes over our physical selves and we become trapped in an online or technological setting, in our own little world and ignore everyone and everything around us. For example, when I am on my cellphone I do not pay attention to my surroundings. I am concentrated in my own little world and I have become very dependant on being able to take my conversations everywhere I go. With that being said, does the use of technology truly excel our human liberation or is it just a way for society to become disinterested with their surrounding world and absorbed and obessed with a piece of technology? Does anyone think that maybe Facebook and crackberries are actually devaluing our human experiences and alienating us from other individuals?
yes and yes... in a way. when walking around irl your connected to everythign around you whether you like it or not... these digital social groups are essentially filters, filtering out the unwanted and the unkown. furthermore, your are paying for these services, or these services are own by somebody else. irl we live in democratic communities, digital communities are essentially run by dictating corporations. liberation? there are definately aspects there, but with corporate top down rule... i think not. maybe its time we all shit to a canada.ca gov't sponsered social/digital network that allows for a much more democratic governanace so that at least we get to negotaite the parameters.
I think we are absolutely obsessed and less aware of our surroundings than we should be. I've found myself sitting on Facebook for hours looking for some sort of real content or interaction, and it all just feels false. Similarly I've had extensive conversations online in which have been relatively wiped out of my memory, lost in the thousands of other textual combinations I see on screen everyday. If these conversations had been in person, I likely would have some recollection.
I personally think Facebook is a fade and will die out eventually.I find myself using it less and less these days as it has just become annoying. And yes i do think it is devaluing our face to face interactions. We have replaced physical interaction with text messages and wall posts.
I've been waiting for facebook to fade out or at least start the beginning process of fading out. We are still not to that point where facebook is not being mentioned at least once everyday. At work, school or even hanging out with my friends people are talking about facebook.
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yes and yes... in a way. when walking around irl your connected to everythign around you whether you like it or not... these digital social groups are essentially filters, filtering out the unwanted and the unkown. furthermore, your are paying for these services, or these services are own by somebody else. irl we live in democratic communities, digital communities are essentially run by dictating corporations. liberation? there are definately aspects there, but with corporate top down rule... i think not. maybe its time we all shit to a canada.ca gov't sponsered social/digital network that allows for a much more democratic governanace so that at least we get to negotaite the parameters.
hahaha i meant "shift to a canada.ca ..."
I think we are absolutely obsessed and less aware of our surroundings than we should be. I've found myself sitting on Facebook for hours looking for some sort of real content or interaction, and it all just feels false. Similarly I've had extensive conversations online in which have been relatively wiped out of my memory, lost in the thousands of other textual combinations I see on screen everyday. If these conversations had been in person, I likely would have some recollection.
I personally think Facebook is a fade and will die out eventually.I find myself using it less and less these days as it has just become annoying. And yes i do think it is devaluing our face to face interactions. We have replaced physical interaction with text messages and wall posts.
I've been waiting for facebook to fade out or at least start the beginning process of fading out. We are still not to that point where facebook is not being mentioned at least once everyday. At work, school or even hanging out with my friends people are talking about facebook.
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