#themodernworld

[standarddesigns]

For sanitised biographies and clean jokes maybe? 🧐 . #themarvelsoflidl #writing #pens #themodernworld #biography #cleanjokes #lidl #writer (at London, United Kingdom) https://www.instagram.com/p/CbmopoPoj2f/?utm_medium=tumblr

[pointer8708]

#thisisthemodernworld #thejam #paulweller #brucefoxton #rickbuckler #viccoppersmithheaven #chrisparry #hedghogdesign Art direction : #billsmith photography: #geredmankowitz #davidredfern The Jam we’re one of the finest bands to ever come out of The UK punk rock scene. This album has my fave Jam Track that was the single from this album #themodernworld however this album’s entire repertoire is brilliant!#ineedyouforsomeone #londongirl and a cover of #wilsonpickett ‘s #inthemidnighthour and the back cove has a great photograph of The Jam live that was shot by #davidredfern whose archive we bought whilst I was at Getty Images - great photographer and great wonderful man - yes this record is all around amazing - oh these boys shows in #detroit were so off the hook- Enjoy (at Hollywood Hills) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYVR-whrcCe/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sherrybchico]

The Modern World #Themodernworld #simulcron #tomtomorrow #zombieapocalypse #votehimout #cheetosucks #pandemic2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/CG3UD45AnlE/?igshid=140g99q9rvc93

[markmarcarian]

#TheModernWorld by Tom Tommorow https://www.instagram.com/p/B1mwbjTn8r2/?igshid=4ixjziauat7x

[soul2mate]

There's something about Italy that makes you feel like you're walking through a painting 🎨🖌 #Italy #Florence #IsThisRealLife #OrIsThisAFantasy . . . . . . #Europe #Eurotrip #Adventure #wanderlust #uniladadventure #travel #travelgram #travelphotography #picoftheday #adventures #jesstinadventures #passportcollective #travelgramcollective #starttheadventure #adventurechannels #tlpicks #skytravaller #nakedplanet #wearetravelgirls #thetravelnova #livetravelchannel #travelinladies #nomadnocry #girlsthatwander #themodernworld (at Ponte Vecchio)

[kizoneaudio1]

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Lunch break boogie. I love this song. #themodernworld #kiz1beats (at Eastland (Charlotte neighborhood))

[hellonwheels266]

Black on black shootings out of control. Blm only calls fir police restructure. No that Biden’s blm absent no riots or arson like last year, meanwhile black youths continue shooting each other.

[archereation]

“Blane Series” 4: Blane and The Technological Turmoil

1.3.2019

Day 5, America

I woke up this morning, slightly still dazed from the last few days and all I had been…learning? I made it through the fog between the downstairs bedroom and the upstairs. I walked into the kitchen, happy enough that I was finding joy in the squish of the carpet in between my toes. I was looking forward to the coffee that seemed to be the morning ritual here. Then, I came across Diane. She was sitting at her computer, glowing blue with the screen light in the dim morning, but raging purple beneath its light.

“I need this to work! This needs to work now or I am screwed!” She yelled with no awareness that I had entered the room. “If I can’t log into this account, I can’t log into any account! I’ll be locked out! Then I’m locked out at work! That means I can’t download the files I need for my clients today! The mental health of a portion of this whole city is reliant on this damn connection!!!!!” I cringed in pain at the tone of her voice and the true pain behind it. I couldn’t help to be mad at her somehow, even in her helplessness, and I didn’t understand why.

The way she screamed, you would have thought that her life depended on this password working. And, the more I thought about it, the more I realized that maybe it did. The more she talked and panicked, the more it seems like everything she needed to access for work and her personal life was all linked together, like her success was controlled by a force that she didn’t even understand. I pitied her and thanked God for my flip phone and simplicity of my life as a nanny, independent from technology to function.

The more I walked around today, the glow of screen on face was the motif. Whether it was on the train, in the café, the supermarket, even window shopping, everyone seemed to be “in their phone”. They were all hunched creatures. Even their body posture was affected by their little pocket screens. The epidemic spanned generation and paid no mind to difference in culture or socio-economic status.

These devices are their masters, something told me, but I shook off the creeping I felt up my spine as the thought crossed through my consciousness. I looked around at the people and was given a vision:

A man, old and crippled, sets down a screened device on a plastic counter and steps outside into a sunny day. It’s as if he is seeing the world around him for the first time. He looks up and begins to cry. “I missed out on life,” he sobs.

Almost crying myself, I was reminded of Brody and the words of the manager telling him that he hadn’t passed through the first filter because of an online search of his name. Who’s to say that the information they found on him was even real? There was no fact checker on the World Wide Web! Someone could be sabotaging him for all anyone knew, and he would have no repercussions for that person.

Furthermore, what if someone could broadcast a message over all these devices. A negative message, something that the people would believe and would somehow follow. This person who had control over the screens would truly have ultimate control.

What was this world? What was controlling it?

Signing off,

Blane

This post is the 4th in the “Blane Series”. For understanding, see the first post in the series, and explore some seriously important and fundamental ideas to what it means to exist in the modern world. Leave any thoughts, comments, or even confusions below. Thanks for reading!

[tattoosnob]

Cassette Tape tattoo by @miguelcomintattooer at No Land Tattoo Parlour Valencia, Spain #miguelcomintattooer #miguelcomin #nolandtattooparlour #valencia #spain #cassette #cassettetape #tape #cassettetattoo #mixtape #themodernworld #cassettetapetattoo #tapetattoo #mixtapetattoo #themodernworldtattoo #tattoo #tattoos #tattoosnob. http://ift.tt/2nw4xdr

[soul2mate]

Morning coffee runs ☕️are the best way to start the day in Paris 👌🏻 #coffeetime . . . . . . . . #Coffee #Paris #eurotrip #jesstinadventures #adventure #travelgram #travelphotography #passportcollective #travelgramcollective #starttheadventure #adventurechannels #tlpicks #skytravaller #nakedplanet #wearetravelgirls #thetravelnova #livetravelchannel #travelinladies #nomadnocry #girlsthatwander #themodernworld #travel #picoftheday #streetphotography #wanderlust #instatravel #l4l #europe (at Paris, France)

[thecpdiary]

The modern world

This is a follow on blog from my previous ‘Being insensitive’ blog. The world I grew up in isn’t the world my children are growing up in; when it comes to the modern world and technology.

In a way it’s not altogether bad that we live in a technological world, but it’s not a good thing either because it has changed the way children particularly come to interact with others. Although technology has become the catalyst for the way we communicate, there are so many other factors that need to be taken into consideration.

Unfortunately with peer pressure and other outside influences being part of the equation, for many parents we may struggle to understand how we can tap into our children’s lives without having to compete with the latest technology such as mobile phones, iPads and games consoles and how we can also do things differently to bring about less challenging emotional outcomes for our children in today’s world.

I believe technology has the ability to cause more stress, but with so many outside influences and challenges, it’s not surprising children use technology as a retreat to ignore some of their issues. Unfortunately, with technology at their fingertips children have learned a different way to communicate with their families and when they do communicate, it’s usually done through social media sites.

Although children’s values are based on their parents’ values, those values unfortunately don’t seem to tie in with how they live their lives. Growing up our values were based on people; not things. We didn’t have technology in the way children have technology today. We amused ourselves and in doing so our lives were simple, less stressful. We cared more.

We played and interacted with others without the need for technology and whilst I agree it’s good to have some technology in our lives, I think we continue to rely on technology too much now. We’re too focused on reading what our friends have to say on Whatsapp, more than we do from someone who is next to us in the same room.

Instead of picking up a phone, children simply use Whatsapp and other social media sites to communicate. With a completely different tech world in front of them, their values don’t reflect what they’ve been taught, even though the majority of parents will still continue to instill those values.

I find it sad that children seem completely focused on technology and forget what it means to have a real relationship that doesn’t include the latest gadget or social media site.

That can make them totally insensitive to other people’s needs, whilst making themselves detached, insular and insensitive.

For more inspirational blogs, please check out my site http://www.thecpdiary.com

[fantasticfanboy]

You know you've made it when you have your own Wikipedia page.

[soul2mate]

Is it just us or do you guys want to try on those fuzzy hats too💂🏻‍♀️? Travel tip: Don't mess with queen guards they will fight you 👊🏻. Although they have fluffy hats 💂🏻‍♀️if you mess with a queens guard they won't be afraid to tell you off or pull their rifles on you. #checkyourselfbeforeyouwreckyourself #QueensGuard . . . . . . #London #adventure #adventures #travel #travelgram #travelphotography #photooftheday #traveling #instatravel #instatraveling #europe #passportcollective #travelgramcollective #starttheadventure #adventurechannels #tlpicks #skytravaller #wearetravelgirls #thetravelnova #livetravelchannel #travelinladies #nomadnocry #girlsthatwander #globewander #themodernworld #happeningoutside #lovetheworld #traveltalktours (at Windsor Castle)

[artartartdartartagain]

The institutions have changed, but their ploys remain the same. We no longer have kings atop their horses; we have senators within their Rolls Royces.... Our lands are not dotted here and there with castles but, instead, are filled with concrete jungles and industrial arenas. Our poets now rap, our heroes walk a carpet of red; our preachers endear themselves to congregants, and blades have been antiquated by ammunition. The world has changed, kings and queens remain. They just don't wear their crowns anymore.....

[obirobkenobi]

I love how people take sides in arguments without ever doing even the most cursory bit of research themselves. Stay classy folks.