In the film
Craigslist Joe a guy by the name of Joe takes a journey through a world with no money but his clothes on his back, his technology devices such as his phone and his computer. Throughout his journey he relies on technology including Craigslist to contact with people where he can stay the night and maybe even eat without spending any money. "If you take a snapshot of America today, what would it look like? As a country we're wealthy, diverse, and technologically sophisticated. Yet some say that we lost the sense of community that used to carry us through tough times. Today it's every person for themselves"(
Craigslist Joe). He wanted to take this adventure to see if he could survive a month and how he loses the sense of community which brings a lot of humanity. By asking strangers to stay the night he relies on people's act of kindness to help him through his month. Towards the end of the movie Joe comes into conclusion that technology helps people become more connected in the world but communicating with people."Are we at a place in our society with the technology of the internet and websites and human interaction where we can take care of each other"(
Craigslist Joe). This quote that Joe stated in the film is very significant to what he was doing. He was proving to other people that technology can lead to taking care of people.
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| Empathy |
Back when cavemen existed they had no technology to connect with the world as much as we do today. Today, a modern woman or man's brain consist of entertainment from football, cellphones, and the addiction of coffee/caffeine drinking. Centuries ago a medieval serf consists of being social position, god, and food. The social life in the world has changed dramatically where today people are socially active on the internet more than a face to face communication."Is it really a big stretch to imagine new technology is allowing us to connect our empathy to the human race writ large in a single biosphere?"(
The Empathic Civilization) Jeremy Rifkin the producer of this film starts off by talking about mirror neurons and how they have a connection with the empathize of human ability's. "Empathy is the invisible hand. Empathy allows us to stretch our sensibility with another so that we can go here and in larger social units. To empathize is to civilize. To civilized is to empathize"(
The Empathic Civilization). Jeremy also talks about how empathetic solidarity has increased in the religious affiliation around the world stating that the life people live is vulnerable and fragile. When others compare lives they tend to feel each others pain and suffering that one is receiving."We have the technology to think viscerally as a family not just intellectually. When the earthquake hit Haiti and then Chile but especially Haiti within a hour the twitters came out and within 2 hours cellphone/ videos on youtube and within 3 hours the entire human race was in an empathic embrace coming to the aid of Haiti"(
The Empathic Civilization). The technology that exists today is very fast and efficient. People will know breaking news in the matter of hours even if it's across the world. It's crazy to think that technology has come this far in the last few centuries and continues to grow rapidly. Every generation contains of new technology advancements that are faster and more high tech then anything before. Soon enough in the future generations people will do all social interactions of the internet and losing physically social attractions with one another.
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| Social Media |
In the film Craigslist Joe a guy by the name of Joe takes a journey through a world with no money but his clothes on his back, his technology devices such as his phone and his computer. Throughout his journey he relies on technology including Craigslist to contact with people where he can stay the night and maybe even eat without spending any money. "If you take a snapshot of America today, what would it look like? As a country we're wealthy, diverse, and technologically sophisticated. Yet some say that we lost the sense of community that used to carry us through tough times. Today it's every person for themselves"(Craigslist Joe). He wanted to take this adventure to see if he could survive a month and how he loses the sense of community which brings a lot of humanity. By asking strangers to stay the night he relies on people's act of kindness to help him through his month. Towards the end of the movie Joe comes into conclusion that technology helps people become more connected in the world but communicating with people."Are we at a place in our society with the technology of the internet and websites and human interaction where we can take care of each other"(Craigslist Joe). This quote that Joe stated in the film is very significant to what he was doing. He was proving to other people that technology can lead to taking care of people.
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