PAPER 4 ( first attempt)

PAPER 4 ( first attempt)

We can text with someone in another state, while ‘skyping’ with another person who is on the other side of the planet, and at the same time ask to our best friend sitting next to you to order some takeout.  Technology has allowed us to be, at least virtually, in multiple places at once, however that also means we are not entirely there at any of those places, we are fracturing our attention so many times nothing holds really holds it. That becomes a burden when personal relations come to play, relationships take time and attention, with our fracture attention and fast paced world, investing that time and attention is hard. None the less they can also be helpful, distance does not pose the same threats in relationships that it used to.  While interconnectedness has changes the dynamics of our relationships, those modifications are not all necessarily negative, they open the dimension of our world broadening our opportunities to both learn from and interact with, different people. It is a complicated path for human interactions, subjected to emotions; however interconnections have the potential for good, probably greater than its risks.

The way we communicate has for ever been changed. It is a revolution that goes beyond technology, transforming our concept of space, the public and private spheres, and even our relationships. As Richard Restak in “Attention Deficit: The Brain Syndrome of Our Era” explains, “thanks to technology, each of us exists simultaneously in not just one here but in several,” and this  has resulted in “ a fundamental change in our concept of time and place” (339).  Those changes then transport to our everyday life specially, according to Restak “a devaluation of the depth and quality of our relationships” (337).  We no longer distinguish Paris from Tokyo because online they are the same place, likewise private and public can be the same place and occur simultaneously.

That change in pace that interconnectedness brings to our interactions with others is not inevitably damaging, for the time we invest in our relationships is something that we control as individuals.

 When the barriers that used to separate us physically disappeared also so did the inflexibility of culture. Thus allowing human connections, which would have otherwise been extremely difficult to establish.

The spread of Violence and destructive relationships are also possible thanks to today’s interconnections, and that is probably the

The Weight of the negative capability of humans cannot be the only elements we use to judge these technological advancements