Real or Not?
In the digital world, there is a fine line between reality and non-reality. Technology gives a lot of hope and possibilities in life but there is a dark side to it- like most things. The dark side is, who gets to have access to it and what ways do they use it? The digital world itself has revolutionized the way we work, socialize, learn and experience the world. Although technology is advancing quickly, the world seems to still want to preserve things in real life. We are unwilling to allow the digital world to completely replace our lives, not matter how involved technology may be.
Will technology ever completely replace libraries, movie theaters, or even stores one day? I hope not- because it is the experience that matters most that we would be losing. Now, technology allows us to have the option of going out to experience, or just accessing internet in your own home to order a new belt off amazon, or google how to make chicken pot pie- and even get the ingredients for it online and to your door in the same day. Its incredible how much you can do with the use of technology.
Online museums even create this real/non-real phenomenons, like the Smithsonian Museum of National History's online website. You are able to access most (mostly popular) exhibits on the site and with a picture and a short paragraph of information. For example, the "Mega-Toothed Shark"- it has a picture of what the model shark exhibit looks like and about how much it weighs/ how long they were to be but you can you really understand how large and fascinating they are by looking a 2D image on a screen? It really is all about the experience now and yes technology has a lot of positives to it, I do think its important to have balance with it and really understand the digital world before jumping into it.
The world has been forever, but the digital one just started.
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