I can relate to the clip "Life in the digital now". I don't know if I'm alone about this but, everytime that my phone runs out or battery or my laptop indicates that it's time to charge I get a small feeling of stress. I don't know if this is normal or not but I do believe that this is something that I have "recived" from my line or education because I am constantly sourrounded by technologhy and I need technologhy to make an impact either online or at work or even in school since I am a programmer. I spend approximately ten to twelve hours a day infront of the computer so for it's a natural thing.
I see digital connectivity as a positive thing, I can go online at any given time and find out a recipe for a food dish instead of having to call my grandmother in the middle of the night and ask her how to make lasange or whatever.
With that being said I agree with some of the things that Abha Dawesar, online you don't have time to process things you are being hit with information every second. And it's also a great tool for taking time away from you, I can spend hours on reading crappy articles instead of doing something more produktive like reading or spending time with my family. This is a matter of discipline for me atleast, as long as you understand and acknowledge the fact that you spent three hours on reading someones blog about what they ate for breakfast. So all you need to do is to take control of your time and spend it wisely so that you don't miss out on the real experiences!
Aboout the other ted clip with Andrew McAfee. This is my reflection, driods taking our jobs isn't necessarily a bad thing. The future is bound to that stage where everything is automated, where we instead of using "manual labour" control devices that perfrom manual labour, this is just a bad example but think about the movie Minority Report or I robot where the cars are fully automated, I personally love this idea imagne just getting in your car and pressing one button, and arrive at work without haven driven a singel mile.
So the future jobs will in my opinion mostly consist of managing and control all of these "driods".
Max Jacobs.
Hi Max!
SvaraRaderaI got similar thoughts about the TED talk "Life in the digital now" and I also work within technology. Sometimes I spend more time in front of the computer than with real people.
I hope in the future we manage these droids and it does not affect us in a negative way.
//Cecilia.
Generally I agree with both you and Abha when it comes to people today spending too much time online instead of “being there”.
SvaraRaderaBut in todays modern society there is also a downside to not being online.
I for one have stayed away from Facebook and other social networks and I’m fine with that. But I can not say that I haven’t noticed the downsides of being the only one of my friends “not connected”. When I meet my friends today, many times they speak of something a mutual acquaintance or such posted on Facebook as if it was known by everyone, and thereby leaving me out of the conversation and the flow of information. This can sometimes be a good thing for me though, as I tend to get new interesting information and an enjoyable conversation out of it in the end.
Getting a party invitation today is also a good example. It’s almost always done trough social networks, and thus again, leaving me out. Lucky for me, my wife has Facebook, so she gets all the invitations.
What I’m trying to say is that it is not good to overuse social networks and the internet, but it’s not good to be totally disconnected either.
/Oskar Widehed
Hi, Max, programmer!
SvaraRaderaYou positive thinking is really helpful for me to pick up some faith about the digital world storing massive date. I am horribly bad at dealing with the fast and abundant information. I feel I am distracted easily and waste my time doing nothing at all. Meanwhile, it also seems to be in need as to catch up with the trendy.
I could also tell you that you are not alone in the situation as the first paragraph describes. Spending time wisely is what we all need to learn.
In the end, just a friendly notice from a foreigner, you misspelled the word "productive" into " produktive" in Swedish :)