Even when we try it’s hard to stay disconnected. And impossible for a lot of people.
Author of Program or Be Programmed, shows how the internet is a social transformer Ten Commands for a Digital Age
- their need to be connected. Via mobile devices, social networks, internet
Like Rushkoff’s statement earlier, we receive information in an impulsive loop, wanting to check if something good has come yet In today’s digital age people are now psychologically dependent on being virtually connected to the world.
Can get the girl they could never have. Can dress them up as their ideal anime character. And they never talk back.
German designer Stefan Ulrich has designed a conceptual shape-changing object to relieve loneliness, using artificial muscle technology.
In this prototype I’m considering just mobile phone usage, but I’m also considering web browsing usage through wifi connections.
Judy likes to be home ready to greet Juan when he comes home from work. Judy is an ideal mate because she never gives him trouble for wanting to always be digitally connected - in fact she thrives on it.
Probably should reverse colors, red/orange to GREEN
Objects as parasitic Psychologically we, some more than others, find comfort from objects that have an artificial life to them or create a life for us
- their need to be connected. Via mobile devices, social networks, internet
