The Dangers of a Mechanized Mind
How Technology Makes Us Sick
Welcome to the YouTopian Journey. Each week I will be sharing unique wisdom as well as a more in-depth overview of the artwork that is featured on the Instagram @youtopianjourney. This week we discuss the dangers of a mechanized mind and why it is essential for you to avoid this hazard!
If you aren’t subscribed, you can click the following button and join for free. Every subscription helps our community grow.
THE ADDICTION OF THE SCREEN
“The growth of technology, of the manifold mechanical instruments in the services of our fantasies, has thrown mankind back to an infantile dream of unlimited power. There he sits, the little man, in his room with various gadgets around him. Just pushing a button changes the world for him. What might! And what still further power he envisions! Yet what mental danger.”-Joost A.M. Meerloo, The Rape of the Mind
We are a people of addictions.
Entertainment, shopping, pleasure, drugs, alcohol, glory, and of course, fame and notoriety.
But the greatest addiction?
The addiction that compels and controls every aspect of our existence?
Technology.
Technology is the drug of choice, and we are all getting high on the purest product that it offers, social media.
We binge drink Facebook.
We mainline Instagram.
We snort Snapchat.
We pop Twitter.
And we take deep hits of TikTok.
All available at a moment’s notice and for free.
We do anything for this high. And the best part? It is accepted. Anytime and anywhere, feel free to look at your phone and jack in. Whether it be the classroom or the board room, this high is within one’s grasp.
While there are campaigns against smoking, alcohol, and drug use, social media has gotten a pass. It was only this past week that a whistleblower blew the lid on what many of us knew all along, that social media can be just as damaging to the mind as these illicit substances!