Every revolution shakes up a society. The old way of doing things shifts and changes, leaving people wondering what the new rules are and how things relate to each other. The digital revolution is no exception to that rule. As the digital world expands, more and more social features are being absorbed by this new virtual world. Online shopping is a huge industry, social interaction has moved to the internet in a big way, and video gaming allows everyone to be the hero of their own digital reality. Now with the advent of cryptocurrency, everyone can be their own online banker. Because so many things are quickly and more efficiently done in the virtual world of digital reality, we are often left wondering how we should bridge the conventional physical world with the new digital one.
Humans: Are we masters of technology or slaves to machines?
One thing we need to keep in mind, as we ask this question, is that this virtual vs. real dilemma has happened before. Before the age of machines, most work was performed by muscle power. With the advent of the industrial revolution, virtual workers began to pop up in every field of industry and agriculture. As these mechanized “virtual” workers began to replace human muscle power, some social observers saw humans taking a subservient role to these clanking and smoking beasts. Human laborers toiled long hours to feed these new creations with raw materials. While it is true that without the humans the machines would sit there lifeless, without the machines the human tenders would have to do the work themselves. In an odd trade-off. Human workers…
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