The art of being human in the 21st century

If you search ‘digital intelligence’ in a search engine you will find that, broadly, it is either a “new type of intelligence that combines knowledge, ways of knowing, and the ability to interact effectively in a cultural or community setting” 1 or something to do with big data, marketing, and strategy. These definitions ignore our essential humanity moving the playground of our digital lives firmly into the school room of skills, abilities, and knowledge. They also assume something fundamental has changed about the human experience when really nothing has changed, we are simply looking at our world through a different window. Over the next few months I’ll be working on a series of blog posts and a new book that hopefully, will light a path to understanding how our digital lives are fast becoming the reality of our lives; and what we can do to survive and thrive in an environment that strives to strip away the value of the still, small voice within that has successfully guided our thoughts and behaviours for millennia. I’ll explore: Whether technology has changed our relationship to the world, alienating us from nature or making us more likely to save ourselves on this planet we call ‘home’. The impact on our decision-making ability when information is always mediated through another opinion; and how filter bubbles and confirmation bias work to divide, rather than unite us. How we learn to revalue our personal experience of the world around us, ra...
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