Brilliant Social Commentary on Consumerism via Robots
By Ilan Adler
Shalhevet sent me this brilliant clip, which drives home an amazing point about consumerism, and what type of society we have become. We are addicted to screens all day long, staring at our phones in the morning, working on our computer in the office, checking our phone again on the commute home, and finishing it up on the TV or tablet, when we are supposed to be home relaxing. I don’t want to sound judgmental, as I love being on the computer and discovering new things on the internet, but I am pushing off upgrading to a smartphone as much as I can.
All day long I see people staring mindlessly into their phones, and when they receive a message or a push notification their concentration just goes out the window, as they cannot delay the gratification of seeing what that message is. I am so afraid because I worry that this will happen to me as well, and that’s why I like sticking with my old school ‘dumb’ phone (along with the fact that it can fall down the stairs and nothing will really happen to it).
These guys at BLR VFX really nailed down what these phones do to people, whether its interpersonal communication, the consumerist desire to keep on buying newer things, or the mental effect a broken down phone has on people. I haven’t even mentioned the ‘herd’ phenomena that goes on today with buying new technology.
I urge anyone to carve out 4 minutes and watch this: