As technology has advanced, the disconnect between people has increased. The content in this video shows exactly what society looks like today. Everyone seems to be self-absorbed and mesmerized by technology. All the people depicted in the video have their heads buried in their phones. They all have tunnel vision and are seemingly brainwashed.
This video starts off with the main subject standing in the middle of a swarm of people as they walk past him while looking down, their eyes glued to their phones. The main subject is considerably shorter than all the other people and looks like a child.
In addition, there are scenes in the video that shows the egocentricity of people once they become too invested in technology. I think the more invested people become in regard to social media and technology, the less human they are; in other words, I think those particular people begin to lose emotion.
In one of the scenes, a person is getting beat by what looks like police officers while bystanders watch and record emotionless with their main goal being to capture the content. This seems to be the norm in today's society, watching, recording, and documenting events for views or likes, etc. The next scene is a group of people eating a meal together but all four people are o their phones. What's the point of eating with other people if there is no intent of socializing? When people eat with others, the idea is to socialize with the other people at the table (unless of course your mouth is full of food). In today's society people struggle to communicate because of the general obsession with technology.
In the following scene, a woman poses in front of a burning picture while taking selfies. That particular scene reinforces my idea of an egotistical, self-absorbed, and shallow society that exists today. Those particular scenes stuck out to me the most; however, throughout the video there are scenes, images, and references to society's obsession with technology.
It is saddening to see where society is now, and how technology and social media dictate everything. People in today's society are willing to do just about anything for publicity, likes, retweets, etc. People tend to be shallow and self-absorbed and the only things they deem valuable must have something or everything to do with technology. Technology and social media has brainwashed society and hopefully one day people will wake up and realize how much of a problem technology has become when used excessively.
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