HUMANITY : AN

EMOTIONAL CONNECTION

…staying emotionally connected as a means of survival within a diminishing interpersonal

world.

Oxford American Dictionary

humanity |(h)yoōˈmanitē|noun ( pl. –ties)1 the human race; human beings collectively :

appalling crimes against humanity.• the fact or condition of being human; human nature : a few moments when Soviets and Canadians shared their common humanity.

2 humaneness; benevolence : he praised them for their standards of humanity, care, and dignity.

3 ( humanities) learning or literature concerned with human culture, esp. literature, history, art, music, and philosophy.

Vanessa’s DictionaryHumanity The common power that ALL individuals

have the ability to experience a sense of emotion. The ability to have an emotional connection with another human. The ability to feel pain, happiness, sadness, and love.

Kubler-Ross: 5 Stages of Grief Denial Anger Bargaining Depression Acceptance

Taking an ethical

stance against the

technological

interference with

humanity.

So here is what is happening….Loss of personal face to face

communication

Cell phones

Talking on the cell phone led to texting

How can you tell someone’s emotions in a text message?

???!!!!! ;) :* haha lolol

FacebookPouring emotions into the About Me section and

constant status updates…..we all do it!

The Surrogates

This is where our technology is heading

Completely diminishes any emotion within a person Implications:

Body=MachineMachine can’t

experience emotion

This is where our technology is heading

Completely diminishes any emotion within a person

Implications:

Body=Machine

Machine can’t experience emotion

We become emotionless

HE’S PRETTY BUT NOT PRACTICAL

Pros / ConsAre surrogates worth the sacrifice of our

emotional connection with the rest of the world?

Yes: We will never have to deal with grief/mourning/sadness

No: We will never feel happy/loved/ successful

Love Lust

On a more serious note….

Take time to reflect on how

our emotional experiences

have shaped us over the past

20 years.

Who would we be without them?

“There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul”-Arnold Bennett