We can all learn the lessons of Spider-Man in the quote from his uncle: "With great power, comes great responsibility." I believe that this quote is applicable to modern society with the rise of internet and advances in technological power/capabilities.
The individual's sociological responsibility should also increase as technologies become more sophisticated.
An advanced society should imply 'advanced' in every way. The internet and all forms of communication require increased and 'advanced' accountability by the individual user. It is more critical to say what you mean and mean what you say. The chances of misinterpretation, however, are also drastically increased with decreased word count and more importantly decreasing 'face-time' where key voice intonation, eye contact and other non-verbal cues are disappearing all too quickly. The internet and other advancements are a call for increased personal accountability and responsibility rather than a refuge for anonymity. It is not the invention and use of these tools that are 'evil' but it is the corrupt user who makes them so.
Some days it can seem more difficult to see the now hidden beauty of life's simplicity with an ever advancing society. It is healthy and natural to advance and progress when basic values and principles and responsibilities remain intact.
It can be said that many people have an 'IRL' (in real life) identity as well as a cyber identity. The former should be more active than the latter, but personal responsibility and morality apply to both. The two should not be confused.
For example, do we have a sociological responsibility to appoint someone to delete our Facebook profile upon our death? Or is the 'Facebook profile' a subconscious submission to narcissistic immortality...?
As a reminder of simplicity, I think of HDT and I agree with his sentiments... I would like to go to the woods to live deliberately and find all that is not life and not when I come to die find that I have not lived...
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