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HUMANITY : AN
EMOTIONAL CONNECTION
…staying emotionally connected as a means of survival within a diminishing interpersonal
world.
Oxford American Dictionary
humanity |(h)yoōˈmanitē|noun ( pl. –ties)1 the human race; human beings collectively :
appalling crimes against humanity.• the fact or condition of being human; human nature : a few moments when Soviets and Canadians shared their common humanity.
2 humaneness; benevolence : he praised them for their standards of humanity, care, and dignity.
3 ( humanities) learning or literature concerned with human culture, esp. literature, history, art, music, and philosophy.
Vanessa’s DictionaryHumanity The common power that ALL individuals
have the ability to experience a sense of emotion. The ability to have an emotional connection with another human. The ability to feel pain, happiness, sadness, and love.
Kubler-Ross: 5 Stages of Grief Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance
Taking an ethical
stance against the
technological
interference with
humanity.
So here is what is happening….Loss of personal face to face
communication
Cell phones
Talking on the cell phone led to texting
How can you tell someone’s emotions in a text message?
???!!!!! ;) :* haha lolol
FacebookPouring emotions into the About Me section and
constant status updates…..we all do it!
The Surrogates
This is where our technology is heading
Completely diminishes any emotion within a person Implications:
Body=MachineMachine can’t
experience emotion
This is where our technology is heading
Completely diminishes any emotion within a person
Implications:
Body=Machine
Machine can’t experience emotion
We become emotionless
HE’S PRETTY BUT NOT PRACTICAL
Pros / ConsAre surrogates worth the sacrifice of our
emotional connection with the rest of the world?
Yes: We will never have to deal with grief/mourning/sadness
No: We will never feel happy/loved/ successful
Love Lust
On a more serious note….
Take time to reflect on how
our emotional experiences
have shaped us over the past
20 years.
Who would we be without them?
“There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul”-Arnold Bennett