The Effects Of Cognitive Dissonance, 2018
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The Effects of Cognitive Dissonance
As a testament to the bitter irony of digital dependency; the glitches and warped colours illustrate the dissonance felt in the struggle to remain connected to reality. I find myself amidst conflicting thoughts regarding Western culture’s addiction to digital media platforms and the feeling of exclusion from the world if I choose not to participate. These feelings concur with the definition of cognitive dissonance, which is said to be the anxiety that stems from holding two simultaneous yet contradictory beliefs.
Elements of my life can be seen through the ripples of digital intervention, mirroring the inexorable flow of human consciousness, emotions and memories experienced in everyday life. Being born in 1991, I feel that millennials are perhaps the last generation who will play in the street unsupervised, without the obligation of maintaining a social media identity. The paradox between technology extending our lives but not always the quality of our lives has to be considered to prevent the defragmentation of society.
As a testament to the bitter irony of digital dependency; the glitches and warped colours illustrate the dissonance felt in the struggle to remain connected to reality. I find myself amidst conflicting thoughts regarding Western culture’s addiction to digital media platforms and the feeling of exclusion from the world if I choose not to participate. These feelings concur with the definition of cognitive dissonance, which is said to be the anxiety that stems from holding two simultaneous yet contradictory beliefs.
Elements of my life can be seen through the ripples of digital intervention, mirroring the inexorable flow of human consciousness, emotions and memories experienced in everyday life. Being born in 1991, I feel that millennials are perhaps the last generation who will play in the street unsupervised, without the obligation of maintaining a social media identity. The paradox between technology extending our lives but not always the quality of our lives has to be considered to prevent the defragmentation of society.