Does Technology Isolate or Connect?
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Published 2024-06-26
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Technology can isolate or connect us depending on how we use it. While it contributes to societal issues, it’s also a powerful tool for meaningful connection. Embracing technology can foster community and help maintain relationships. Technology provides tools; any solution to the problems we see lies in how you and I choose to use those tools.
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0:00 Does Technology Isolate
0:40 Fundamentally optimistic
1:50 Forming communities
3:10 On the other hand
4:30 Technology doesn’t isolate people
5:20 Get connected
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All Comments (8)
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Depends on one's personality. I think technology connects, for good, bad, and ugly. My rule is this: don't get into the mire. Ignore rudeness and smart Alecks and try to learn and share something from your connections.
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Excellent conclusion, technology is the vehicle to connect or isolate. It's people who connect or isolate themselves. Thanks for addressing this important topic.
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I loved this phylosophical take on tech coming from you, Leo. Very surprising on a channel focused on straightforward tech problems, I mean, there are plenty of topics discussed here which are beyond troubleshooting, but this and the privacy issue are one of the outliars and they were great too. On the subject, recently I've stepped outside of my virtual bubble and it has been healthier than an apple a day. I subscribed because of trustful ways to solve daily inconveniences but also got this as a bonus. Thanks for the wisdom shared.
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That is the wrong question, as it is never a black-or-white binary decision. The entire Universe exists as shades of grey, yet people inevitably prefer one-or-the-other explanations. Even starting out by posing the question as one or the other is unproductive at best, seriously erroneous at worst.
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I have always thought of technology as a tool. As a hammer is to a carpenter. A clever is to a butcher. A stove is to a chef. All bad analogies, but you get the picture. As Leo said people need to take responsibility for how that technology is used. If one is an isolationist then technology will be a tool to achieve isolation. If one is an exhibitionist technology is an excellent tool for that purpose. In the end be responsible for how that tool is used. JustSaying.
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I'm from the old school and what I hate the most about internet is when somebody send me a birthday card by social media... it is so impersonnal
