The Dea[r]th of Human Understanding

Advances in digital technology are accelerating society's disintegration. The increasing use of digital technology is having a widespread and degrading influence on humanity. Videogaming, for one, occupies players' perceptions and reactions to the detriment of their contemplation and reasoning and thus hinders self-understanding. Incidentally, excessive indulgence also threatens the physical health of the players. The outward effect of modern digital technology on mental life has been to make an enormous amount of material - textual, audible, and visual - available to those wealthy enough to afford using the Internet and devices like computers and mobile phones. The ready availability of this material can flood users' perceptions and dominate their daily life. The effects are several.