HOW DO YOU IMAGINE SOCIAL INTERACTION WITHIN 10 YEARS, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE IMPACT OF TECHNOLOGY ON HUMAN RELATIONS?

BY PAULA SCHABEL

– A DISCOURSE

HUMANS ARE SOCIAL BEINGS

IN PRIVATE AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL CONTEXTS, THEY LIKE TO INTERACT… … TO EXCHANGE IDEAS, EMOTIONAL STATES AND ACTIVITIES… TO BE LISTENED TO

… TO EXPRESS THEMSELVES AND … TO RECEIVE A RESPONSE

TO A SMALL NUMBER OF PEOPLE

SOCIAL INTERACTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN TAKING PLACE HOWEVER, INTERACTION BECOMES MORE AND MORE TECHNOLOGY-BASED

FACE-TO-FACE-INTERACTION

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SELECTED TOOLS

CHARACTER-ISTICS

SLOW INFORMATION SHARING

TO AN INCREASED NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH HIGH FREQUENCYSOCIAL INTERACTION HAPPENING IN DIGITAL AND REAL LIFE

MOSTLY FAST, SHORT, DIGITAL INTERACTIONS

DIRECT TRANSFORMATION OF THOUGHTS INTO COMMUNICATION

ONE HOLISTIC DEVICE

LIMITED NUMBER OF TOOLS FOR SOCIAL INTERACTION DEVICES BECOME

ESSENTIAL FOR DAILY LIFE

SMART-GLASSES

NEURONAL TRANS-CRIPTION THROUGH IMPLANTED CHIPS

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?WHAT IS THE EFFECT OF THIS TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ON HUMAN RELATIONS?

THERE ARE TWO SIDES OF A COIN…

… IN DIFFERENT DIMENSIONS

BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK

CREATING A DIGITAL IDENTITY

SHARING INFORMATION

SHARING INFORMATION

WE CAN PROVIDE AND HAVE ACCESS TO ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION AT ANYTIME – RESEARCH, NEWS, PRIVATE EVENTS CAN BE SHARED QUICKLY WITH A LARGE GROUP OF PEOPLE

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ONLINE, THERE IS ACCESS TO ALL KINDS OF DATA, RESULTING IN AN OVERFLOW OF INFORMATION. WE THINK THAT WE DO NOT NEED OTHER PEOPLE AS A SOURCE OF KNOW-LEDGE. AS A RESULT OF THIS INDEPENDENCY, REAL LIFE INTERACTIONS ARE REDUCED AND COMPLEXITY INCREASES

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WE TRY TO BE INVOLVED IN EVERYTHING AT THE SAME TIME. HENCE, DISTRACTIONS ARE COMMON AND PEOPLE STRUGGLE TO FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL SITUATION AND THE PEOPLE THERE

TEXTS WHILE BEING TALKED TO

BUILDING A GLOBAL NETWORK

WE CAN EASILY BUILD A NETWORK BEYOND CULTURAL BOARDERS – PRIVATELY AND PROFESSIONALLY. THROUGH OUR DEVICES AND NETWORKS WE CAN INTERACT, WITHOUT ANY RESTRICTIONS THROUGH BOARDERS OR DISTANCES

REAL LIFE INTERACTION IS SUBSTITUTED BY DIGITAL COMMUNICATION AND APPRECIATION. EVEN THOUGH WE SHARE LOTS OF PERSONAL INFORMATION, WE DO NOT REALLY GET TO KNOW EACH OTHER ANYMORE AND BECOME LONELY.

CREATING A DIGITAL IDENTITY

OTHERS PICTURE OUR PERSONALITY BASED ON OUR ONLINE APPEARANCE. POSITIVE ASPECTS CAN BE EMPHASIZED AND AN ONLINE-REPUTATION IS BUILT OVERNIGHT

STRENGTH:……

WHILE THE EASE OF SOCIAL INTERACTION INCREASES…

… MEANINGFULNESS AND DEPTH DECREASE.

STEERING ONE’S DIGITAL APPEARANCE

BEING POPULAR IN THE DIGITAL WORLD, BUR LONELY IN REAL

LIFEFeeling LonelyExperiencing

Control

BUILDING A NETWORK ACROSS CULTURAL BOARDERS

BEING UNABLE TO FOCUS ON THE ACTUAL SITUATION AND THE PEOPLE

THEREBeing distracted

Staying in touch

SHARING INFORMATION WITH OTHERS FAST AND EASILY

SUBSTITUTING REAL LIFE INTERACTION BY DIGITAL

BONDSBeing on one’s ownBeing fast

… THE SHIFT FROM PERSONAL TOWARDS DIGITAL SOCIAL INTERACTION WILL CONTINUE, IN BOTH PRIVATE AND PROFESSIONAL CONTEXT. DISCONNECTION FROM REAL-LIFE BEGINS.

WITHIN 10 YEARS…

… THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF REDUCED PERSONAL INTERACTION ON HUMAN RELATIONS WILL BECOME MORE VISIBLE. LONELINESS, DISTRACTION AND BEING ON ONE’S OWN START TO CREATE EMOTIONAL STRESS.… THE AWARENESS TOWARDS THE NEGATIVE IMPLICATIONS AUGMENT: IN PUBLIC AND PRIVATELY, COUNTERMEASURES ARE BEING INCREASINGLY TAKEN.

COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST THE DIGITALIZATION OF SOCIAL INTERACTION

CREATION OF DEVICE-FREE ZONES, IN PRIVATE SITUATIONS AND IN PUBLIC AREAS AND EVEN TAKING VACATION FROM DIGITAL INTERACTION IN DEFINED TECHNOLOGY-BREAK-OUTS

DEVELOPMENT OF A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS AND MINDSET:“RECONNECTING WITH THE REAL WORLD”

PREREQUISITE COUNTERMEASURES

DISTINGUISHING BETWEEN DIGITAL AND PERSONAL INTERACTION AND SEEING DIGITAL INTERACTION AS SECOND CLASSREDUCING PRESENCE IN MULTIPLE CHANNELS TO SELECTED TOOLS

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FOR A BENEFICIAL DESIGN OF SOCIAL INTERACTION AND A POSITIVE EFFECT ON HUMAN RELATIONS WITHIN 10 YEARS…

IT IS IMPORTANT TO CREATE AWARENESS ABOUT THE RELATED OPPORTUNITIES AND RISKSSO THAT EVERYBODY CAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO FIND MEANS…

… TO USE THE ADVANTAGES THE DEVELOPMENTS WILL BRING, AND … TO PROTECT FROM POTENTIAL DISADVANTAGES