An Ecology for the Re-Enchantment of Life

60 years ago, Aldous Huxley stated that "Technology was made for men and not men for technology’ but unfortunately, the development of recent social and scientific history has created a world in which man seems to be made for technology rather than the other way around. We have to start thinking about this problem very seriously to see how we can re-establish control over our own inventions." Our current relationship with technology is destroying our cognitive sovereignty. Huxley’s Dystopian novel Brave New World seems more applicable and relevant now than ever before. Today, technology is making it possible to enslave us en masse, whilst we perceive ourselves to be free. We are now suffering from such a poverty of vision, in every sense, as we are endlessly distracted by technologies that effectively ‘turn off’ our depth perception, pattern recognition and long form, critical thinking.

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Carl Hayden Smith

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Publication date: July 2021

Publication date (Print): July 2021

Pages: 261-265

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.44

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2021

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Conference location: London

Conference date: 5th July – 9th July 2021

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination

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[1] J. Belluz (2018) Selfie face distortion is driving people to get nose jobs. Vox. https://www.vox.com/science-andhealth/2018/3/1/17059566/plastic-surgery-selfie-distortion (Retrieved 3rd March 2021).

[2] A. Carreres (2016) Here’s How Fitting Room Mirrors Make You Look a Lot Better Than You Do. https://www.vice.com/en/article/nnkj38/changing-room-mirrors-weird-body-image-876 (Retrieved 25th Nov 2020).

[3] G. Harding (2019) Understanding Focal Length On Smartphone Cameras. [Website] URL: https://thesmartphonephotographer.com/smartphone-camera-focal-length (Retrieved 2nd January 2021).

[4] M. Konnikova (2014) Children learn to read more quickly when they first learn to write by hand. URL: https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/children-learn-to-read-more-quickly-when-they-first-learn-to-write-by-hand/ (Retrieved 2nd January 2021).

[5] Wikipedia (n.d.) Optical flow. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optical_flow Retrieved 12th January 2021).

[6] A.M. Paul (2013) Hand Gestures Say A Lot About Your Intelligence. URL: https://www.businessinsider.com.au/hand-gestures-reveal-complex-thoughts-2013-6 (Retrieved 2nd January 2021).

[7] D. Satori Myceliate [website]. URL: https://myceliate.com/about (Retrieved 2nd January 2021).

[8] T. Stumbrys, D. Erlacher, M. Schredl (2016). Effectiveness of motor practice in lucid dreams: a comparison with physical and mental practice. Journal of Sports Sciences. 34, pp. 27-34. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/274642510_Effectiveness_of_motor_practice_in_lucid_drea ms_a_comparison_with_physical_and_mental_practice

[9] F. Waters, J. D. Blom, T. T. Dang-Vu, A.J. Cheyne, B. Alderson-Day, P. Woodruff, & D. Collerton (2016) What Is the Link Between Hallucinations, Dreams, and Hypnagogic-Hypnopompic Experiences? Schizophrenia bulletin, 42(5), pp. 1098–1109. [Cross Ref].

[10] N. Yamamoto, J.W. Philbeck (2013) Peripheral vision benefits spatial learning by guiding eye movements. Mem Cogn 41, pp. 109–121 https://doi.org/10.3758/s13421-012-0240-2

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