RE: What is the next age? (i.e., industrial age)
January 30, 2019 at 10:23 am
(This post was last modified: January 30, 2019 at 10:25 am by Angrboda.)
We live in the age of narcissism.
Media rules our waking existence. The internet, Facebook, Twitter, the news media, cell phones, tablets, personal computers. In an age where the bulk of our existence is public, preoccupation shifts from a concern for what you have to a concern for how what you have is presented. We shift from being a representation to spending our time managing our representation and that of others. It is a fundamental shift in the tasks the mind is given to perform.
Media rules our waking existence. The internet, Facebook, Twitter, the news media, cell phones, tablets, personal computers. In an age where the bulk of our existence is public, preoccupation shifts from a concern for what you have to a concern for how what you have is presented. We shift from being a representation to spending our time managing our representation and that of others. It is a fundamental shift in the tasks the mind is given to perform.