During our initial meetings, we explored different topics of interests and questions. One often lead to another, thus creating a rich cloud of potential concepts ...
we were interested in exploring the question, "what is the relationship between self & technology?"
... technology is meant to be a tool, an extension of our abilities (as a telescope is an extension of our eyes, earphones an extension of our ears) ...
... technology serves us, yet there is an addictive quality - so does it serve us, or do we serve it?...
... we are able to become, to take on a different identity via technology (facebook/games) ...
... we start to develop several identities - identity in reality, identity in the virtual world ...
... a way of escape? suppression of fear, avoidance of confrontation, running from reality ...
... an escape from anxiety, perhaps - to create an identity that is under one's control ...
... technology allows one to be whoever they want to be (superhero, superstar, supermodel)...
... a disconnect from reality ...
... an inner struggle between presence in the real world and the virtual world ...
... perhaps a search of true identity between the two ...
... is it possible to be fully present in both identities, in both worlds? ...
... technology is digital, numerical, finite - reality is analogical, infinite ...
... infinity -- silence ...
... http://suicidemachine.org/ a way of completely removing one's virtual identity/presence ...
... technophilia/technophobia ...
... in the end, it is about an inner struggle ...
... a tension within ...
... (not about me vs. technology) but a search, a battle of identities within the self ...
... is there a point of reconciliation? ...
