Rodney McNeil's Blog - Posts Tagged "tech"
Our Dilemma
Recently I looked at a documentary on Netflix called the Social Dilemma, it broke down the topic of human behavior vs how the tech companies aim to draw us in as consumers to continue to use their products. Those products being apps such as Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Youtube to name a few. The whole conversation originated by those who worked in the tech industry for those companies. They all identified the manipulation of algorithms and how the tech companies tracked your digital behavior to better understand your next move. Is this dilemma there's to solve or our responsibility to dictate personally?
Tech companies hold their own weight of responsibility but the true weight of power, we hold. We make these companies popular and valuable. So without us feeding them the necessary attention they couldn't flourish. The problems expressed were addiction to being on the apps too long, suicide in teens rising and our interactions as humans being redefined. The core dilemma starts with us as consumers. We have to set boundaries and limitations on our tech usage. That's considering the factors of time, content and attention we consume and seek.
We as humans first understand that too much of anything can be unhealthy. It's on us as adults to govern our minds and time. We need to govern our children, as it is understood with them being children, are more open and vulnerable to too much tech time. Give time constraints and even age limits to being able to use social media. Tech and social media aren't evil as some have viewed but rather the way people use and abuse social media.
We can all be influenced by the negative content and behavior associated with social media abuse but we must remember the dilemma is our dilemma. Nobody is forcing us as consumers to do anything we don't already desire. It's on us to give into healthy practices concerning time, content and attention. It's on us as adults to govern our children to ensure they are healthy mentally and physically. We are very fortunate to have tech but the dilemma is ours to solve in how we use it.
Tech companies hold their own weight of responsibility but the true weight of power, we hold. We make these companies popular and valuable. So without us feeding them the necessary attention they couldn't flourish. The problems expressed were addiction to being on the apps too long, suicide in teens rising and our interactions as humans being redefined. The core dilemma starts with us as consumers. We have to set boundaries and limitations on our tech usage. That's considering the factors of time, content and attention we consume and seek.
We as humans first understand that too much of anything can be unhealthy. It's on us as adults to govern our minds and time. We need to govern our children, as it is understood with them being children, are more open and vulnerable to too much tech time. Give time constraints and even age limits to being able to use social media. Tech and social media aren't evil as some have viewed but rather the way people use and abuse social media.
We can all be influenced by the negative content and behavior associated with social media abuse but we must remember the dilemma is our dilemma. Nobody is forcing us as consumers to do anything we don't already desire. It's on us to give into healthy practices concerning time, content and attention. It's on us as adults to govern our children to ensure they are healthy mentally and physically. We are very fortunate to have tech but the dilemma is ours to solve in how we use it.
