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Year 2118:
Here’s a hypothetical scenario of the future of our technology revolution.
Big Tech companies, Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix and Google, lovingly known as FAANG, have spent decades manipulating the levels of dopamine of humanity by making our digital devices addictive. Under court order, they’ve to advertise about the harmful and disruptive affects of digital addiction.
So, after 10 years of internal wrangling, they’ve finally come up with a “spectacular” piece of advertising. Its cleverly designed to be boring so as to not leave any impact on the passive TV viewer.
And they worked. While watching this advert between TV shows like Kevin can wait and Superior Donuts, I found myself on my smart phone, refreshing the jackpot casino like refresh button. Nicotine is to smoking, what dopamine has become for technology. Below are a couple of the adverts making digital waves.
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Digital Addiction Thrills:
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Digital Dopamine Addiction:
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On the ubiquity of Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google by Scott Galloway:
The combined market capitalization of Facebook, Apple, Amazon and Google is now equivalent to the GDP of India. Scott Galloway uses graphic language (my style) to explain the dominance of these companies on the eyeballs and brains of humanity.
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About The Article Author:
Our mission with FutureSTRONG Academy – to grow children who respect themselves, their time and their capabilities in a world where distractions are just a click or a swipe away.
I see myself as an advocate for bringing social, emotional and character development to families, schools and communities. I never want to let this idea out of my sight – Our children are not just GPAs. I’m a Writer and a Certified Master Coach in NLP and CBT. Until 2017, I was also a Big Data Scientist. In December of 2044, I hope to win the Nobel. Namasté.
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Rachana Nadella-Somayajula,
Program Director & Essential Life Skills Coach for Kids and Busy Parents
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