World of Tomorrow: Humanity in the OuternetMain Menu"We mustn't linger. It is easy to get lost in memories"- Looking at Archives in World of TomorrowAn intro to the director, and archive work in World of Tomorrow"I was very proud of my sadness because it means that I am more alive.": Humanity in the OuternetDefining Humanity in the Outernet"Now is the Envy of All the Dead" : Teaching Humanity in the Digital AgeElizabeth Connord04120b7260872020b5742615e3fd8ffd57272f8Tannis Weavere65961abb006529a8a8cb47ad858d29abf9a88bbAustin Rogersf6032d00a05cd49d2ba108fdc3cb4239144a3b2e
12016-04-20T18:20:32-07:00Elizabeth Connord04120b7260872020b5742615e3fd8ffd57272f8Consideration of Others' EmotionsElizabeth Connor4plain2016-04-20T18:23:52-07:00Elizabeth Connord04120b7260872020b5742615e3fd8ffd57272f8
12016-04-20T18:19:10-07:00Elizabeth Connord04120b7260872020b5742615e3fd8ffd57272f8Open Communication about EmotionsElizabeth Connor4plain2016-04-20T18:23:50-07:00Elizabeth Connord04120b7260872020b5742615e3fd8ffd57272f8
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1media/Screen Shot 2016-04-19 at 9.46.42 PM.png2016-04-15T13:34:11-07:00"Live Well, and Live Broadly": The Emotional Dimension of Technology19The emotional impact that living in a digital age has on its citizens cannot be understated. How do we teach people to become more aware of the emotional impacts of technology?image_header2016-04-24T16:49:39-07:00One of the biggest emotional moments we see in World of Tomorrow is when Emily Prime grabs Emily III's dress and asks her if she misses her (Emily Prime).Emily III replies with a simple, "Yes." This exchange of emotion demonstrates that it is still possible to communicate emotions in this future world. However, Emily III does not respond with any questions of Emily Prime throughout the film, which leads one to believe that Emily III does not have as developed interpersonal relationship skills to be able to communicate her feelings in an appropriate manner to Emily Prime, or even to consider Emily Prime's emotions. Additionally, Jon Ronson addresses the use of technology to publicly shame in his TEDTalk and book So You've Been Publicly Shamed. Both the book and the TEDTalk explore how social media has influenced the lives of people in particularly negative ways, and the way that technology allows us to publicly humiliate people whose actions the mass determine as unacceptable. The emotional impacts of being publicly shamed as indescribable, as Jon Ronson explains in his TEDTalk. The Internet has incredible power. And all power has the ability to be abused and misused. When we don't realize or aren't taught about the power of technology and how influential it can be, these tools become even more powerful. The power of the Internet can be used for helping, building bridges, and making connections, instead of being used for shaming, hurting, and bullying. We can help to build a society that uses technology for the former. Thus, our job is twofold: first, we must teach the power of words, technology, and the real world impacts of what happens online. Ronson discusses both how and why people are shamed through social media. If we teach students the power of words and the impacts their words can have on others, then they can begin to see the emotions and feelings of others. Second, we must teach empathy, and, as discussed earlier, how to think about the emotional impacts of our actions online as well as in real life. This notion of teaching empathy also goes back to the idea of explicitly teaching how to build and sustain healthy relationships with other people, at the heart of which is communication. The best time to do both of these things, as according ot BLANK, is in early education. The sooner that students can be taught about empathy, the better. However, it is also never too late to teach people to consider others when posting online.
