This is not the first time I have written about the digital world, its pleasures and dangers. Twice in the past, I have written about this topic, starting with “Our Digitial Screens” (a more poetic entry) and “My Digital Prison”, a post that spoke of my video gaming addiction. This post will be a combination of the two, probably less poetic and somewhat direct and to the point.
Welcome to the Real World
In the 1999 Matrix film, when Keanu Reeves’s character and series’ main protagonist, Neo, first emerges from the Matrix (the digital world created by a race of sentient machines to keep humanity docile and their power source), he is greeted by these infamous words: “Welcome to the real world” by Morpheus. Those four words have become increasingly relevant in today’s world, where the digital world is keeping many of us locked in and focused more on our digital screens than on the world around us. The fact that we now have sayings such as “hope to meet you IRL (In Real Life)” is proof of this.
The ever-expanding digital world is to be celebrated. It allows us to work, communicate, shop, get our news, and interact with our fellow man like never before. The consumer is no longer limited to what they can find on their local high street, nor do they have to travel hours to a major city to shop for the more desirable brands and products; we…
