What is the penetration of technology into life? Maybe three years ago, we thought it was naive to swipe with a single finger on an iPad; maybe two years ago, we thought that using WeChat with a mobile phone was like holding a walkie-talkie It's ridiculous; maybe a year ago, the audience still thought that using siri's voice function was a "mentally retarded" thing... But there is no room for doubt that these people who used to think "ridiculous" Behavior has now become something that most of us are accustomed to, and enjoy, even addicted to. The way of life of the audience can be cultivated. This is true. Just like the way of life of "drinking coffee", do you say it is part of our traditional culture? Absolutely not! It was just an imported product that later accepted Western culture. Under the propaganda and cultivation of advertisers, it gradually became a common way of life. In the past, I couldn't understand the joy of using a touch screen phone, because in terms of convenience, the touch screen is definitely not more "real" than the buttons. After slowly getting used to the touch screen, and then using the button phone again, I feel uncomfortable. Switching to a mobile phone to get in touch with the WP system was really miserable when I first got started, because the habit of using mobile phones in the past has long been formed. When I first came into contact with a tablet, the high concentration and tension of a single finger also often made me "jittery". But as long as I slowly get familiar with the tools in my hand and get used to the way they are used, the small actions that I thought were incredible before are now considered normal. The essence of high-tech innovation is the renewal of living habits and lifestyles. Our communication methods, expression habits, consumption behaviors and value tendencies have all been updated with the development of science and technology.
The shameless argument is that if I continue to be "academic" then I definitely belong to the "critical school". Therefore, the TV series "Black Mirror" is no more to my appetite. Whether it's the first season or the second season, I read it as a "world-shattering prophecy". Some people think that the story inside is too alarmist, some people think it is too exaggerated, but I think this kind of prediction is not groundless. Some stories, in fact, have already been staged, but with a different face. Media trials, cyber violence, entertainment, and interpersonal barriers brought about by the reality of virtual worlds, don’t these things happen every day? It may not be as serious as the one shown in the film, but if it continues to develop, the "world-shattering prophecy" can never be just a "prophecy".
In the first episode, the heroine Martha could not accept the fact that her boyfriend died. She used the information left by her boyfriend Ash on the social network to create a fake Ash who could talk to her. Later, she actually accepted the upgrade service. , get an Ashe that exists like a "robot". This robot can imitate everything in Ashe, and even act according to Martha's thoughts and will. This robot is so perfect. It's just that he has no real feelings. In the face of the "robot"'s "submissiveness", Martha was dissatisfied and felt that True Ash would not be like this, he would also have a little emotion and would argue with her... Martha thought about destroying this robot, but At the end of the film, Masha and her child invented their own life style with this robot, and they get along fairly harmoniously. Seeing this, one can't help but feel that the heroine is pitiful and cowardly. How good is this boyfriend to make her miss her so much, even holding her boyfriend's imitation, she can live for so many years. Or, how cowardly and timid she is that she only dares to live in this way, and ignore all the good men outside who refuse to start a new life. The heroine's reluctance to part with this virtual character is actually her fascination with high-tech tools. High-tech imitates reality to life, but it is virtual after all. When she interacts with virtual characters, she actually interacts with her own thoughts, living in her own wishes all the time. This kind of pleasure and satisfaction made her more and more confined to her own world, completely isolating the normal interpersonal communication from the outside world.
Everyone has the instinct and need to communicate with others. We interact with others, not only to strengthen the emotional connection between each other, but also to get rid of individual loneliness. But this kind of communication has a very important premise, that is, the real communication relationship between the subjects of communication. In today's era, a variety of SNS emerge in an endless stream, and we connect with others, in addition to face-to-face interpersonal communication, in many cases, relying on applications and the tools in our hands. Sometimes, even if we are chatting with others face to face, we can't help but establish contact with distant friends. The invention of technology makes the "absence of the body" not affect us to share the fun of others at all. However, all the mediators that convey our message are only instrumental media. It can convey our thoughts, but it cannot reproduce our real expressions, tone of voice, gestures and other non-verbal symbols like a face-to-face chat. Therefore, sometimes, we establish contact with others in order to relieve loneliness, but often, after the communication and contact, we will fall into a more lonely and lonely situation.
The second episode of "White Bear Justice Park" is even more chilling. But isn't this kind of public trial already commonplace in our daily life? Li Shuangjiang's son gang-raped, the law has not yet convicted, the media and the public have already judged people's crimes, so when the crime was charged, some people questioned, "Why not convict gang-rape?" Then a legal expert jumped out: "Dear There is no such thing as a crime of gang rape in the law.” Yao Jiaxin was tried by the law, but everyone thought that this punishment was far from enough, and they wanted to kill him again and chop him up and give him to others. The pain, and then reproduce it alive, even N times... This kind of onlookers and trials will actually be like online games, which can't help but addictive. Each successful onlooker and trial is an encouragement for the next onlooker. Whenever an unconscionable incident emerges, netizens will actively come out and play the role of justice. However, sensational news emerges endlessly on the Internet every day. Often, the trend of one thing has not yet dissipated, and the next thing has come to stir up the heartstrings. Therefore, the judges who followed the trend dispersed like birds and beasts, focusing on the Go to the next hot event. We jump around in front of the screen, letting different symbolic information affect our nerves, our attention is overdrawn, and our pride and righteousness are overdrawn. Even more exaggerated, what is the real situation? One second, the netizens who were still indignant at the unfairness on the Internet, the next second, facing Xiao Yueyue who was crushed to the ground, may turn a blind eye and hurriedly walk by. There are more and more people watching the fun, but fewer and fewer people are meddling. Because in today's society, the price of watching the fun is far less than the price of meddling. We are taught to be righteous people, to be helpful people, but what is the reality? The old lady in China can't help it, dear. Therefore, no matter how much I wave the flag on the Internet, no matter how I see injustice, the risk of being "corrupted" is always smaller than in real life. Furthermore, no matter how ruthless I am in real life, it does not affect my image as a "just little warrior" on the Internet. You have no way of knowing whether the person behind the Internet chatting with you is a beautiful woman or a dog. You also have no way of knowing whether the soul full of affection, affection and intention on the Internet will be ruthless offline. I don't know if this is a blessing or a misfortune of technology.
The third episode is even more familiar. The satire of "political entertainment" in American movies has made a similar sound as early as several years ago. Now British dramas are only combined with the background of high technology to tell the story of this era. possible story. Books have long told us "This is the experience of all successful TV commercials: they give us a slogan, a symbol, or a focal point that creates a compelling image for the audience. Whether it's partisan politics or TV politics, their goal is to Common. We can’t know who is the most qualified president or governor or senator, but we know whose image can best resolve and soothe our dissatisfaction.” On TV, it is even more exaggerated. To be able to participate in political elections and to be quite popular, no matter what era it is, it will make people laugh out loud. When the entertainment trend spreads easily to the political world, the impetuousness and shallowness of the whole society can be imagined. A long time ago, before the invention of the television media, watching movies that told the story of the old America, the scene of gathering speeches and debates made a deep impression on me, not only the debaters had to be knowledgeable, and they had to be knowledgeable. Even the audience under the stage can pay attention to the debate itself for a long time. The content and language of those debates are mostly written language, and the debate lasts for a very long time. If they do not have certain cognitive ability and concentration ability, The lively atmosphere of the debate is a fantasy. Now, this kind of scene, I am afraid I can only find it in the movie screen. In today's era, everyone's nature of "avoiding important things and taking things lightly" has become more and more intense. It is generally entertaining and sensual, lacking depth and depth. Surrounded by many media, our minds are always attracted by things that keep popping up. As long as you don’t “go offline”, something may interrupt your focused thinking for 24 hours. Most of these things are fragmented, instant, personal, and most of the time, they are not the product of deep thinking. Therefore, most of them are just an increase in the amount of information without guaranteeing its quality, and sometimes, even spam. A person who has been surrounded by this kind of information for a long time, you can't ask him how deep he will treat things, because most of them only understand the fur, even the fur of the useless information. You can laugh at the nondescript of the new version of "The Swordsman", but what's even more funny than this is that many viewers are "I know it's very thunderous, but I just want to see what kind of thunder it is!" Entertainment itself does not Wrong, but if life is always surrounded and flooded with such low-level entertainment, it will be very scary if it continues to develop in the long run. Much of our current "spiritual life" is based on the profound thinking of previous philosophers Above, however, if long and deep reflection on simple propositions becomes a luxury, if society as a whole is inclined towards the pursuit of simplicity, shallowness, and amusement. So, in modern society, what kind of "spiritual life" should we leave behind for our descendants? Is it a lot of thunder dramas? Is it a short Weibo of 140 words? Or a lot of pictures?
Looking around, on public transportation, most passengers are holding mobile phones to read e-books or refresh Weibo; at the dinner table, people happily take pictures of dishes and upload them to the Internet to share their fun with friends who are not present in the distance; public In places, people no longer take the initiative to break the silence and initiate conversations, but bow their heads, hold their tools in their hands and enjoy the joy of being alone... Various tools invented to facilitate human life and solve human loneliness , but now, it seems to lead people to another wrong path. During the graduation interview, the words of ZYM classmates have always been fresh in my memory: "The tool itself is innocent, it is just a medium". However, if it is not used reasonably, the results may go in the other direction entirely. As Neil Postman quotes Huxley's prophecy in the preface to Amusement To Die, "Our culture may become a vulgar culture of sensory stimulation, desire, and unruly games, and we may be destroyed by our love for s things". You can say that I am too idle, and you can say that I am too self-motivated and even self-righteous. But as long as there is a film and television cultural work such as "Black Mirror", the prediction of the predecessors may really come true, or it has already come true.
The end!
Li Xiaohao
April 3, 2013 17:20
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