Self Discipline and Technology
Technology is providing anonymity that never used to be there.
Just peruse any comment section on your favourite news site, or if you dare, YouTube.
The comments are something else to behold. Many of them are only said because of the anonymity. Many comments are filled with hate, vitriol and vulgarity.
Access to harmful imagery, video and information is nothing more than a seconds reach away. And can all be done completely incognito.
This "cover" of anonymity requires a greater level of self discipline than we have ever seen. It used to be you would physically have to achieve anonymity to do something that may be deemed wrong or dubious. Now all you need to do is go online. Going online is much much easier and convenient than trying to cover our actions out in public.
Self discipline is more critical than ever in our history.
There's probably many more, but one great general rule for online conduct is:
Don't say or do anything you wouldn't say or do in front of other people.
Develop self discipline and reject the anonymity technology provides. Using that anonymity makes us weaker, not stronger.
Just peruse any comment section on your favourite news site, or if you dare, YouTube.
The comments are something else to behold. Many of them are only said because of the anonymity. Many comments are filled with hate, vitriol and vulgarity.
Access to harmful imagery, video and information is nothing more than a seconds reach away. And can all be done completely incognito.
This "cover" of anonymity requires a greater level of self discipline than we have ever seen. It used to be you would physically have to achieve anonymity to do something that may be deemed wrong or dubious. Now all you need to do is go online. Going online is much much easier and convenient than trying to cover our actions out in public.
Self discipline is more critical than ever in our history.
There's probably many more, but one great general rule for online conduct is:
Don't say or do anything you wouldn't say or do in front of other people.
Develop self discipline and reject the anonymity technology provides. Using that anonymity makes us weaker, not stronger.
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