SHAMANISM AND DIGITALISATION - Roland Urban

ROLAND URBAN Director FSS Europe

Midway upon the journey of our life I found myself within a forest dark, For the straightforward pathway had been lost.

Although new data, findings and scenarios for digitalisation are presented daily, we are still not fully aware of the scope of the transformations that it brings about. Unimagined technological innovations for the benefit of humankind become possible, including significant potentials for health and the economy. At the same time, dramatic consequences for nature and society emerge. We are living in a new, digital world, characterised by excessive consumption of natural resources, constant accessibility, and a monotonous, unceasing rhythm that does not develop along circadian, annually cyclical or life-phase-related courses, but remains the same, “24/7”. Transitions are levelled; disturbances of rhythm are pre-programmed. The digital world is a photographic negative of the natural world – or its complementary image, depending on one’s point of view (...)

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