No one knows exactly when the Digital Age began. Tradition says that it came either after or in the midst of or after the era of globalization. Yes, and that, however, is not even true at all. Great Digital brought the Gifts with it, and now we talk digitally, communicate digitally, work, study and even digitally get divorced. Why, we also submit financial statements using a digital button method. Cursing the messenger has become even more convenient, fashionable, and inexpensive; It added salt to the burning argument about the inadmissibility of an unlimited supply of men’s length black socks in public places like carpets, sofas, and armchairs. piano cover with bright and expressive facial expressions, demons and small-sized frying pans. In acute sock confrontation cases, meaningfully colorful GIFs and stickers, critical situations, videos and threats are used to put this entire route map into brutal YouTube’s scariest tribunal.
Now, perched on digital hills, we gather bows and dress for the weather, and we come to the store with a list of must-haves and not for boots and a hat for winter, He was born – a new digital language. We forbid and are friends and do not express our accumulated grievances to acquaintances and old friends.
We learned the word “post-truth” and realized all the challenges of mastering digital literacy at home against a backdrop of galloping domestic desperation – ordering food on a rainy day, for example, has become a lot easier in two clicks than walking on two legs. to the nearest market. And at the same time, it is much more difficult. Clicking is easier than shouting. Uploading a map and finding the right entrance to the correct entrance or basement is faster than politely asking a passerby with a human voice how to get to the Produkty store. In a word, a paradise for introverts and anti-socialists. Is not it?
We learned that the relationship between the sexes is not just high and low, but … digital. Now relationships always go from the first like to the block and end up on the blacklist of those who are forever banned in all instant messengers and social networks. Previously, not answering calls, not saying hello at a chance meeting, pretending to have a poker face, or at worst crossing the street is “same old …”. But what a misfortune – all these theatrical acts had to be performed in the most vivid way, neither pushing aside the muscles of the face (which, when he saw the forbidden one, should not hesitate), nor the passers-by. to quickly get to the right at the crossing, on the “other” side of the street. It’s easier to mute an ex than to run on highways with an ancient Roman statue’s face colored and jeans on.
Meanwhile, digitalization has changed the phase of the “candy-bouquet period”. So, at the dawn of all-Russian digitization, it was one thing to give your blood number “ICQ” to a potential heart lady (there was such a messenger in the 1990s, and now quite lively in anticipation of blocking the next source). almost a sign of widespread intimacy. All kinds of tinder, badu and other socio-digital crutches for flirting on the Internet, where you are invited to choose a future mate … ticks and dry expressions in the survey even more strongly influenced the dating and courtship phase. This naturally led to an increase in the activity of marriage scammers, scammers and dishonest people of any gender. Honestly, many powerful families have fully flourished thanks to these dating apps, of which we of course thank them.
The advantages of the digitization of our lives and the peculiar diversion of our attention as a whole to navigate through beautiful motion pictures include the fact that fashion bloggers finally “succeeded” with all the shortcomings of advertising. , nevertheless taught the conscious part of the population of the state to try to dress stylishly, or at least properly (and budget, as we know, has nothing to do with it). It is no longer fashionable to stand out at public events, concerts and theaters with semi-mod rags that shock the public, even for a million gold coins. There were fewer sneakers and, frankly, beach sports outfits in the audience, more classic, even elegant and trendy. Take a closer look. We used to.
And the growth of digitization of life has led to an explosion of all kinds of online toy-shooters-rpg for very grown-ups, much to the delight of IT companies, but its seasonality suspiciously coincides with the scaling of patients with the same disease. diagnosis in all dispensaries of the country. However, a small escape into the world of immortal toy characters, where you can save your hero forever and choose your “life” scenario, is quite useful as an anti-stress and transition from work and family anxieties to a wonderful fairy tale. .
Now families collapse not because of a banal betrayal with a living woman / man, but with a computer toy over the network, as if thrown with his head into a pool of passion (sometimes with money to pump a character), like clockwork, a lady or lady. And that’s right, they don’t seem to be cheating on anyone – going somewhere, hiding from acquaintances you accidentally met, financially investing at least minimally in courtship, “communicating with X specifically” via confidential emails and third or fifth SIM cards. In a word, there are too many problems. Easier buttons. After all, it’s just a soulless game and I can turn it off whenever I want, really, really.
One friend says to the other “I’ll find you on the hashtag”. “I can’t stay quiet,” says another, and publishes a difficult, complex, and rich account of his feelings in the face of difficult events. Both they and others eventually find themselves in a kind of digital vortex into which they are increasingly drawn, because in fact digital communication takes a lot more time than live communication because there are fewer or no barriers to communication, just give it a nudge. finger. Online is scary and not painful, you can shout anything on a page that hears (and fixes, if not on tape) everything on the Internet. It’s scary to say that you can even virtually “beat” online, as you are reliably protected from being held accountable by the avatar, the digital artist’s most loyal friend! And it’s true that the changing consciousness around the clock reveals a new, “digital” identity in a person, and it’s rare for anyone to tell themselves openly every day – here I am, as in life, and here is my verified self. avatar in the right light and with make-up. Such psychological self-deception arises because at some point it becomes more and more difficult to detach this carefully nurtured “digital personality” as a pure version of itself. Pity, I did it myself.
There has also been the digitization of food service, and in many ways, for the better: so we quickly learn about interesting new places and new promotions on them, book a table, or simply “estimate our going out” by navigating the menu. Into the city, people go out” eating the most fashionable herring of the season with the obligatory ring.
Detox holidays are no longer just, and often for years, used to cleanse the gut of the gut deposits of harmful foods that are over-consumed in moments of stress, but also listen to the live birds in a living forest on this internet and yours, who need to go in person and hand, turn the mouse wheel to “scroll” this forest. it will not work. It won’t work. And the benefits of such a detox are many.
It is also thanks to the “digital” that we begin to learn to filter our circle of communication, to protect ourselves, albeit digitally, but still protect our personal space and ruthlessly ban criminals and those who, at other times, will simply be deprived of their homes.
Online meetings, online banking, online dating and much more have become an integral part of the large-scale digitization process of all of Russia, but this regularly results in the loss of a large server and high-speed communication cables. But it’s convenient.
We learned the role of new three-letter words – VPN and TOR, and now we decide daily how to live with it. I woke up, washed my face, turned on VPN, swiped, trolled – this is what morning workouts might look like now.
It has become more difficult to understand who or what is in front of you – a person’s digital personality, communicating with his help, avoiding unnecessary formalities or a mask, a mask that hides an ill-wisher, or even a seasonal inability. Indeed, can we, without special training and long-term clinical observation, not be able to tell if there is a real change in consciousness and personality in seemingly completely familiar people or whether we are still strong in spirit and send our avatar to the closet? Unnecessarily harsh sound.
But you still need to learn to live in digital. After all, we are already digitized.
The author expresses his personal opinion, which may not coincide with the editors’ position.
Source: Gazeta
