Complex systems, individual and networked dependencies on technology, and an increasingly connected world have both expanded our potential and our vulnerability. Our lives, both functionally and socially, have become hopelessly intertwined with a series of systems that operate both outside us, in a global information network, and inside our lives and homes, as a life convenience. Artificial intelligence [...]
Today I inadvertently left the house without my phone. It did not realize that I was without it until I arrived at the university. My initial reaction was a sense of mental confusion - almost as if I had lost my bearings. It was kind of like those dreams you have where you are the [...]
Distraction - it's a national epidemic. Technology advances have resulted in our collective obsession with the devices that connect us to places both near and far. As a result we pay less attention to other things, important things such as work, school, driving, walking, and our time with each other. Every place you go you [...]
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