LONELY ONLINE OR POCEMONOMY

2024 Author: Harry Day | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 15:43

Only today I found out what kind of hysteria started all over the world because of the new mobile application. And since "such a booze" has gone, I would like to express my IMHO to new trends of the times, such as pokemonomania, "selfies" and to communication in the network as a whole.

The old generation with sadness and longing recalls how they hunted not for Pokemon, but for books. When the guys were going on hikes, they played the guitar by the fire, sang songs. We went to subbotniks, played "Cossack-robbers" in the yard. They were photographed by families and these photos were carefully kept in photo albums, as a capture of time, a still-frame of the previous era, youth, sunset of the pioneers. Where did all this go? Where have the old values, sincere, LIVE communication gone?

Each new generation with its interests, needs, needs is criticized, sometimes ostracized by the older generation. Revaluation of values is a normal sign of the movement of time, development, evolution. And each previous generation defends, defends its values, as the only true ones and considers the interests of young people as "not the same," "the old days have passed," "the youth has deteriorated, whether it was time …". This is fine. The conflict between fathers and children and the clash of interests of generations has always been and always will be. Nevertheless, no matter how much the older ones scold the younger ones, life develops, nothing stands still. Young people not only do not die, but survive and even manage to develop and move forward. New values, everything new - always frightens at first.

If you do not argue in the categories "right and should be" and "not right", then let's think, where did the live communication go? If this is so great, then why are people hiding behind accounts? Why is it easier for a person to communicate on the Internet than to have a heart-to-heart talk? Where did this general loneliness in the network come from?

The most valuable thing that the Internet gives is security. Online communication is safe. Here you can be yourself, who you want, who you feel. Do you wanna be James Bond? Add a picture of him to your avatar. Here, in the news feed of the page, you can express your thoughts, talk about your experiences in status. To meet the same people, to communicate, to spread what lies in my heart. Do you know who is easier to tell everything about yourself? A person you will never see again. Like in a train carriage. Today you are fellow travelers, tomorrow everyone has their own life. This makes communication easy, relaxed. There is no tension from the feeling that in further communication you will be responsible for what was said today, that your openness can sting you. I am on the network and no one else is visible. This is a field for self-manifestation.

In mobile applications, games, you can choose your appearance, skills, abilities. You can be a hero without putting your life at real risk. A real man is right here. It is in the network that he, timid in life, can shamelessly meet other girls and guys.

Here, if he does not like what was said in his direction, you can solve this problem by pressing a key. Add to blacklist, block. You can block your account and create a new one, where again the person will try to be himself.

In every generation, young people have fun as best they can. And, to be completely honest, would those guys be more willing to gather around a fire, and not at a color TV with an exciting movie? If they were given a gadget with games, would they play tag?

The Internet, communication on the Internet is a natural round in the evolution of human needs. One can argue with this, one can criticize, but it is so.

After all these wars and world cataclysms, when mankind throughout its history has been preoccupied with the issue of survival, we finally want to rest. Friendship, live communication is not just a value, it is also the need for solidarity with each other in the struggle for the survival and protection of society in the face of an enemy, a common threat.

Now, when a relatively peaceful time has come, a person passionately wants to take care of himself, his interests. Hence the fashion for "selfies". The person desperately manifests himself. I have! Here I am! You can upload your photos, you can safely communicate with others, because only rejection in live communication can be more terrible than loneliness on the network. Therefore, people went online in bulk. It is impossible to kick you out here, it is impossible to deprive you of your company here, because you are at home. And, at the same time, you are in the company of the World Wide Web.

After sitting at home for a while, people still decided to get out into the street. Why did the new app take off so quickly? Because you can walk while playing. You can walk, breathe fresh air, while pursuing a specific goal! How many mothers sighed "Go for a walk, breathe fresh air!" Finally, a generation of gamers made their way to the streets. Again, dissatisfied … No, you are so kind as to put aside your gadgets, gather around the fire and sing songs to the guitars, as we did!

Gadgetomania is again an opportunity to be yourself, but in the company of the same people who really want communication, want to be heroes, want to be popular, significant. But who are very afraid that they will be rejected. Rejected as they really are.

The person will not go completely into the network. Most likely, new games will pursue a new goal - to unite people in live communication using gadgets. New arcades will be created, missions in which people will get out of the house, leave the computer and meet with others.

When I was at university, we got together in groups, divided into "magicians", "demons", "warriors", hid "magic potions", made a treasure hunt map, while another group of game participants was looking for these hidden "treasures". These are Cossack robbers on a city scale. Most likely, the next generation of games will combine the desire of people to communicate live, but in the game. To gather people into groups, to organize a hunt for "potions", as we did. Only - with the help of gadgets. Playing Pokemon is the first step, this is the beginning. People have been alone with themselves on the net enough. It's time to go out to meet each other!

I am not afraid for our children. I am sure that they, just like us, will seek their happiness. They will do it somehow differently, somewhere - stumbling, and somewhere even wiser than we. If sitting on the Internet or playing in the search for animals will teach them anything, it is the immutable value of communication. People will not lose each other, gradually we will all learn to build live communication in such a way as not to hurt the other, taking care of each other's feelings, supporting each other's feelings. The whole Internet mania is a layer, a transitional stage from cohesion - to individuality - and cohesion again, but not in the face of the enemy, but in the unification of common interests and values. The sooner people learn to respect and accept the interests of everyone, respect individuality, the sooner people will unite again.