Technological evolution is not a new concept. In the 1950s, short storyteller Philip K. Dick was already concerned with themes such as 'derailed technological progress' . In 2002, Steven Spielberg based a science fiction film on one of his stories, namely Minority Report. In it, we see Tom Cruise walking through a - what appears to be - shopping mall, where his iris is scanned - recognized - in order to fire personal advertising messages at him. In this, the human being himself forms the link to content.
Call it unrealistic, call it doomsday scenarios, the fact is that most future projections are not very social. When you let the 'hallelujah' moment of Google's Project Glass sink in - if it exists - you will see an alternative truth in the clip below.
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The French short film 'Lost in Memories' further shows that our urge to 'australia telegram data digitize our memories' can be at the expense of our social (well)being.
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Music of the future? No one can say for sure. But that we are systematically 'desocializing ' is also confirmed by recent research .
Depression by Facebook
And then I conveniently forget what the possible consequences are of the paradox, in which the decrease in physical social contact goes hand in hand with an increase in (perceived) social pressure. For example, in the trailer below we see young people who at first glance seem to have everything, but at the same time appear to suffer from depressive feelings. This is a result of the enormous pressure on their shoulders to convey a fantastically inspiring, active, social, worldly, intellectual, materialistic and meaningful life on Facebook, for example.
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