The second idea I thought of as a possible Meta Narrative for my piece was the progressive stages of grief. There are five commonly accepted stages to grief which are as follows:
- Denial and Isolation.
At first, we tend to deny the loss has taken place, and may withdraw from our usual social contacts. This stage may last a few moments, or longer. - Anger.
The grieving person may then be furious at the person who inflicted the hurt (even if she's dead), or at the world, for letting it happen. He may be angry with himself for letting the event take place, even if, realistically, nothing could have stopped it. - Bargaining.
Now the grieving person may make bargains with God, asking, "If I do this, will you take away the loss?" - Depression.
The person feels numb, although anger and sadness may remain underneath. - Acceptance.
This is when the anger, sadness and mourning have tapered off. The person simply accepts the reality of the loss.
(Cited from THIS site)
The connotations of death and it's effects are easily applicable to my project. As such, technology is the death of human expertise in some respects. Knowledgable people are now those who have the fastest access to the internet (see my previous post on this, with particular reference to the elderly). Technology has meant the death of human effort, but is this something that we can survive without? Technology has certainly killed off many undesirable things (diseases, ingorance (!) etc.) but has it also thrown the baby out with the bath water by simultaneously killing our (possible) need to strive. This may not be a strong enough abstraction at the moment but I think there is a lot more in this idea than first meets the eye.
Perhaps these 5 stages could be those felt by man as he laments the reality of technology's grip on his life?
The connotations of death and it's effects are easily applicable to my project. As such, technology is the death of human expertise in some respects. Knowledgable people are now those who have the fastest access to the internet (see my previous post on this, with particular reference to the elderly). Technology has meant the death of human effort, but is this something that we can survive without? Technology has certainly killed off many undesirable things (diseases, ingorance (!) etc.) but has it also thrown the baby out with the bath water by simultaneously killing our (possible) need to strive. This may not be a strong enough abstraction at the moment but I think there is a lot more in this idea than first meets the eye.
Perhaps these 5 stages could be those felt by man as he laments the reality of technology's grip on his life?
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