The article discusses the impact of digital technology on human experiences, particularly in museum settings, contrasting it with the innate human desire for tactile and emotional connections. While digital tools offer convenience and efficiency, they often lack the warmth and personal touch needed in our interactions. The author reflects on personal experiences at museums, highlighting issues related to technology use that complicate rather than enhance the visitor experience. Additionally, it emphasizes that technology's morality is ambiguous—neither inherently good nor bad, it requires careful consideration of its effects on society.
I am often surprised by the lack of push-back against digital technology, as it continues to flatten our three-dimensional experience of the world.
The cold impersonality of the digital world often stands in direct opposition to our craving for contact, communication, and community.
Digital technologies offer enormous advantages... but their wider effects and implications are a different matter.
Technology is neither good nor bad; nor is it neutral.
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