As eerily foreshadowed in the fictional novels 1984 and Brave New World, we could very much find ourselves at the precipice of a time in history that is both dystopian in nature and darker than any novel or Hollywood movie could even depict. Think about this reader, almost every aspect of our lives today is in some way, shape, or form, interacting with the digital world.
As an example; in a not-so-distant future where our currency is delivered exclusively in a digital format, say in the form of a social credit, could we be cut-off because we didn’t pay a parking ticket or return a library book? What if we are not allowed to order a pizza because the computer systems which are linked-up and controlled by the government and corporate oligarchies also control our healthcare and have us flagged as having high cholesterol. What if freedom of choice become an illusion, a rumor, a just a shadow from the past. Believe it or not reader, there are technologies and laws, proposed, pending and existing, that, if left to the purview of an unknowing public, will go unchecked, unquestioned and will be allowed to more easily pass slowly into our daily lives.
It’s like that analogy where frogs jump out of a pot of boiling water verses them being slowly heated to an abrupt death. Now, more than ever, it is important to have more understanding of the digital world as it touches more and more aspects of our lives. One could say that Digital Literacy is needed NOW!!
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