How is the internet shaping us?
Posted: April 7th, 2010 | 2 Comments »More and more voices are wondering. And the words “addiction” and “detox” are coming quite often in discussions these days. Only a couple of hours ago at the Lift@home workshop on teens and technology, half of the panel of four were confessing to be “seriously addicted to Facebook”. Are we faced with a real (and seriously widespread) issue, or is this another one of these moments where, faced with a radically new balance, we temporarily lose footing while defining the new rules needed to survive life on the social web?
Check this recount of a Facebook and Twitter addict taking three month away from status updates:
This year, in my late-twenties, I set a resolution: for four months, until April 1st, I would turn away from Facebook and Twitter. I had grown bored, obsessed, bothered, even – I admit it – enamored with my reflection there. [...]
“Information systems need to have information in order to run, but information under represents reality.” I’m not my Facebook profile, nor am I a series of Twitter updates. And the time I spend on these sites means I have less time to write fiction and converse with people in person, two things that make me feel most alive in the world. [...]
The problem of the internet– its power, and the way it’s changing how we live our lives–is a big topic these days. There’s The Tyranny of Email: The Four-Thousand Year Journey to Your In-Box by John Freeman, and, forthcoming, The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to Our Brains by Nicholas Carr. The internet age is so young that we’re worried, and intrigued, by how it will shape us – we simply have no idea.
[...] Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » How is the internet shaping us? liftlab.com/think/laurent/2010/04/07/how-is-the-internet-shaping-us – view page – cached More and more voices are wondering. And the words “addiction” and “detox” are coming quite often in discussions these days. Only a couple of hours ago at the Lift@home workshop on teens and technology, half of the panel of four were confessing to be “seriously addicted to Facebook”. Are we faced with a real (and seriously widespread) issue, or is this another one of these moments… Read moreMore and more voices are wondering. And the words “addiction” and “detox” are coming quite often in discussions these days. Only a couple of hours ago at the Lift@home workshop on teens and technology, half of the panel of four were confessing to be “seriously addicted to Facebook”. Are we faced with a real (and seriously widespread) issue, or is this another one of these moments where, faced with a radically new balance, we temporarily lose footing while defining the new rules needed to survive life on the social View page Tweets about this link Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['enamu'] = {“location”:”Seoul”,”photo”:”http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/771969493/enamu_profile_normal.PNG”,”name”:”ì´ë무 (Namu Lee)”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/enamu”,”nick”:”enamu”,”description”:”ë ë§ì ì¬ëë¤ì´ íë³µíê² ì´ ì ìëë¡, ì¹ ìë¹ì¤ 기íì íµí´ 기ì¬íê³ ì¶ìµëë¤.”,”influence”:”Highly Influential”}; enamuHighly Influential: “RT @laurenthaug: How is the internet shaping us? http://bit.ly/9tyMIJ ” 13 hours ago view tweet retweet Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['turnaction'] = {“location”:”Seoul, South Korea”,”photo”:”http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/638212697/t_normal.gif”,”name”:”TIIA”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/turnaction”,”nick”:”turnaction”,”description”:”Information Design Group in Korea. We’re doing several design projects that willing to change society by turning information into action (TIIA)”,”influence”:”"}; turnaction: “Lift를 이끌고 있는 @laurenthaug 의 글 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2010/04/07/how-is-the-internet-shaping-us/ ” 15 hours ago view tweet retweet Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['laurenthaug'] = {“location”:”Geneva, Switzerland”,”photo”:”http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/209888692/IMG_0105_normal.jpg”,”name”:”Laurent Haug”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/laurenthaug”,”nick”:”laurenthaug”,”description”:”I am an entrepreneur, event designer and researcher passionate about understanding how technological innovation is reshaping society and culture.”,”influence”:”"}; laurenthaug: “How is the internet shaping us? http://bit.ly/9tyMIJ ” 16 hours ago view tweet retweet Filter tweets [...]
[...] Laurent Haug’s blog » Blog Archive » How is the internet shaping us? liftlab.com/think/laurent/2010/04/07/how-is-the-internet-shaping-us – view page – cached More and more voices are wondering. And the words “addiction” and “detox” are coming quite often in discussions these days. Only a couple of hours ago at the Lift@home workshop on teens and technology, half of the panel of four were confessing to be “seriously addicted to Facebook”. Are we faced with a real (and seriously widespread) issue, or is this another one of these moments… Read moreMore and more voices are wondering. And the words “addiction” and “detox” are coming quite often in discussions these days. Only a couple of hours ago at the Lift@home workshop on teens and technology, half of the panel of four were confessing to be “seriously addicted to Facebook”. Are we faced with a real (and seriously widespread) issue, or is this another one of these moments where, faced with a radically new balance, we temporarily lose footing while defining the new rules needed to survive life on the social View page Tweets about this link Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['enamu'] = {“location”:”Seoul”,”photo”:”http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/771969493/enamu_profile_normal.PNG”,”name”:”ì´ë무 (Namu Lee)”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/enamu”,”nick”:”enamu”,”description”:”ë ë§ì ì¬ëë¤ì´ íë³µíê² ì´ ì ìëë¡, ì¹ ìë¹ì¤ 기íì íµí´ 기ì¬íê³ ì¶ìµëë¤.”,”influence”:”Highly Influential”}; enamuHighly Influential: “RT @laurenthaug: How is the internet shaping us? http://bit.ly/9tyMIJ ” 1 day ago view tweet retweet Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['turnaction'] = {“location”:”Seoul, South Korea”,”photo”:”http://a3.twimg.com/profile_images/638212697/t_normal.gif”,”name”:”TIIA”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/turnaction”,”nick”:”turnaction”,”description”:”Information Design Group in Korea. We’re doing several design projects that willing to change society by turning information into action (TIIA)”,”influence”:”"}; turnaction: “Lift를 이끌고 있는 @laurenthaug 의 글 http://liftlab.com/think/laurent/2010/04/07/how-is-the-internet-shaping-us/ ” 1 day ago view tweet retweet Topsy.Data.Twitter.User['laurenthaug'] = {“location”:”Geneva, Switzerland”,”photo”:”http://a1.twimg.com/profile_images/209888692/IMG_0105_normal.jpg”,”name”:”Laurent Haug”,”url”:”http://twitter.com/laurenthaug”,”nick”:”laurenthaug”,”description”:”I am an entrepreneur, event designer and researcher passionate about understanding how technological innovation is reshaping society and culture.”,”influence”:”"}; laurenthaug: “How is the internet shaping us? http://bit.ly/9tyMIJ ” 1 day ago view tweet retweet Filter tweets [...]