Week 6: Mad World

The Mad World video showed a partially exaggerated version of our world where everyone is literally fixated on their phones. This may be overexaggerated but still has truth with how much our society is obsessed with our phones. Every week your iPhone will tell your average screen time per day and it is normal to see 4 hours or more of screen time as a person average. Being on your screen 4 hours a day is already a sixth of your day before factoring in the idea that another third of your day you are sleeping.

Seeing this video did make a point about how we are obsessed with our technologies.  The character tries to do many different actions to get people's attention yet he never succeeds. This is true with current addiction to our phones being a real thing. Recently big tech companies have started coming under fire for being monopolies but one thing they haven't been criticized for yet are their manipulative practices. Facebook is known to actively have all its social media platforms work as dopamine release mechanisms. This is so that people get a small rush by being on which is in a way addicting for people. This was very strongly reflected in the video by showing everyone's addiction.

Social Media and phones are in a way a new type of drug. They have been shown to be addictive due to their designs. This is something that politicians such as Missouri Senator Josh Howley, who has submitted legislation trying to regulate these addictive practices used by tech companies. As a young person who has grown up around things such as phones and social media my whole life I firmly believe that these need to be regulated to force these companies to stop trying to get people addicted to their apps.