Are people even present in their own lives
Posted on 20. Apr, 2011 by Jonathan Cherry in Totally Whack
It appears that the global obsession with sharing content that is either captured or dispersed via our mobile phones has reached such a level, that you kinda wonder whether people at ‘special events’ like this recent Arcade Fire concert at Coachella are even enjoying the ‘live’ moment themselves – or is publicising the fact that they are there to their network more important?
Is reality unrecognisable to us unless it’s filtered through a screen?
If we didn’t know better we’d think they were trying to capture the second coming at a religious gathering.
Where are we going with this? 24 hour a day ‘always-on’ video production of our own lives?
6 Responses to “Are people even present in their own lives”
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Bee
20. Apr, 2011
U2 concert. Case. In. Point.
davide
25. Apr, 2011
And on the last night there was somebody who filmed the entire kanye west concert on an ipad2!
Liam
31. Aug, 2011
Are you serious Davide? How would security not notice someone holding up a bulky ipad the entire night and why would you want to hold it the whole time and not just enjoy the show. Makes no sense to me, not very logical is it.
Sheridan Berry
02. Sep, 2011
Well I think, it’s really a case-to-case basis. It depends on a person if he/she opt to be influenced and loses his/her identity. Or just become a mere fan and stay true to herself.
Claire Smyth
07. Sep, 2011
I tend to agree with what Liam has said. Would you not just enjoy the concert. That person could have ended up losing his ipad and also not seeing the concert
Claire
Jared
10. Jan, 2012
Wow, it is nice to see awareness of this being commented on. This is an ever greater problem it seems with our social trends and willingly giving up our ability to recognize our reality so we can influence it in a positive way versus the way things are going.