Author: Neil C. Hughes / Source: The Next Web
We are living in a digital age of instant gratification. Thirty million songs can be accessed with a swipe of our smartphone on the Spotify app. Meanwhile, Netflix will ensure you can binge through an entire season of a TV series rather than wait for next week’s episode.
If there is an item you want in a hurry, in some cases, Amazon will get it to you within two hours!According to recent research, Generation Z currently spends 10.6 hours engaging with online content every day. I have started to notice as I type this that I am increasingly feeling frustrated that my fingers cannot type as fast as I want to write. I found myself questioning the long-term effects of consuming too much information.
Have you ever stopped to consider if you really are using your smartphone and myriad of tech devices or if they are actually using you? A recent viral video featured Hollywood actor Denzel Washington highlighting our digital age of contradictions where “If you don’t read the newspaper, you’re uninformed. If you do read it, you’re misinformed.”
As someone who both creates and consumes a barrage of content every day, I have noticed that I am developing an almost insatiable thirst to consume information and also produce content. I am passionate about technology, and when not writing about it for a living, I am hosting a daily podcast about how tech is transforming multiple industries.
Anyone who has endlessly scrolled down a newsfeed only for it to reset after a few minutes is offered a timely reminder of just how much content they consumed without even realizing it.
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