We’ve entered a time in the information age where our cyber lives have become just as important as our real lives. Our social status is no longer solely determined by our charisma or cliques, but our friend count on Facebook. We measure our influence not by our political power, but by how many followers we have on Twitter.
Social and aggregate websites have become the primary destination of news, controversy, and event updates. Paper has been replaced by the back-lit screens of monitors, laptops, smart-phones, tablets and a plethora of other devices that connect us to the backbone. We rely on a constant feed of electricity and data to ensure that our connection to this network is never lost. Our children are begging to be given devices that keep them connected to their friends not through physical means, but through the Internet. When our technology crashes, we panic.
We are so insanely obsessed with our online profiles that we will pay retarded amounts of money to stay connected when we are outside the home or office. Our MP3 players and cell-phones are now windows to the digital world. We are developing technical standards to keep up with this demand – and replacing older ones with these newer, better specifications.
I am not one to criticize this movement – I am a part of it. I saw this coming, as did a lot of other people. There are people out there making exponentially more money than I am through just being on the world-wide-web.
What will we be doing in a year? Two years? Ten years? Just some thoughts for today.
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