Techno-Tsunami

Demolocke’s Agenda Article/Post Caveat (Read First Please: Click the Link)

We are under a grave threat to our survival, we are being inundated with technology that comes so fast, so often and without regard that our minds are being overwhelmed by the deluge of technology. What the heck am I being so paranoid about, well the industry is using our natural compliance/influence principles to persuade us to follow along without regard or without validation as to whether we should or not go the techno-way. 

Again, what the heck am I talking about but the IoT, the Internet of Things where those many myriad things of technology are flooding our lives, our cars, our homes and our minds to the degree and speed we fall into the knee-jerk instincts to go with the herd, the crowd, i.e., the social proof influence principle. 

We are so caught up in the instant gratifications and obligations and likability and authority principles of influence that we have come to rely on, to need and to be now addicted to the very technology we once felt would assist us in life rather than “Run our Lives!”

Yes, it does, they run our lives because every time something new and shiny arrives on the technological scene we are influenced into believing we need it to do anything, to connect to everyone and to achieve success in life. Do we ask the question, “Do I really NEED this or is it the emotional species drive that says, “YOU NEED THIS!” Really, what and how did our species survive before the technology revolution; how about the industrial revolution; and how about the agricultural revolution? 

I have a cell phone and I use it do make calls, text my wife and to sometimes web search information that inspires me. When I thought it had died the other day I simply told my wife I would throw it away, properly for the environment you know, and remove the added account from our phone bill. 

Now that the technological industry has conditioned us to a form of consistency, to consistently seek out newer and more enjoyable features and devices, along with the effort to provide the impression that if we don’t get it we will lose out, scarcity-social proof-likability principles applied, we run down blindly and gladly to get the next and latest, right?