{"id":837,"date":"2021-09-28T14:56:55","date_gmt":"2021-09-28T18:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/?p=837"},"modified":"2021-09-28T14:56:55","modified_gmt":"2021-09-28T18:56:55","slug":"technology-mary-margaret-clouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/09\/28\/technology-mary-margaret-clouse\/","title":{"rendered":"Technology: Mary Margaret Clouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We are taught that technology is systematic, logical, and the antithesis of emotionality. This is explained in the keyword as \u201cthe superiority of science, the link between technology and progress, and an emphasis on things.\u201d The Vox article disrupts this positive, materially focused idea, explaining how technology has a profound negative impact on our emotional experiences and interpersonal relationships. This position is widely supported by research, but as the article explains, Big Tech companies don\u2019t want to change their business models or practices because individuals disengaging from technology and media, while good for the mind, isn\u2019t good for profits. The psychological effects of technology are something I find really interesting. We all feel and experience these every day, often unconsciously. For me, going for a walk or spending time with a loved one makes me feel noticeably better than spending a day alone looking at a computer or phone. However, there is this instant gratification that comes with using technology that also creates positive emotions, creating a sort of paradox between the technology-derived response and the more real-world experience. I wonder if our society will continue leaning further towards life as dictated and mediated by technology, or if we will reach a balance that doesn\u2019t weigh tech companies\u2019 profits over social relationships and personal happiness. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are taught that technology is systematic, logical, and the antithesis of emotionality. This is explained in the keyword as \u201cthe superiority of science, the link between technology and progress, and an emphasis on things.\u201d The Vox article disrupts this positive, materially focused idea, explaining how technology has a profound negative impact on our emotional experiences and interpersonal relationships. This&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/2021\/09\/28\/technology-mary-margaret-clouse\/\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5404,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87686,811],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-keywords","category-technology"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5404"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=837"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":838,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/837\/revisions\/838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/mci-fall2021\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}