Responsibly Connected : How Not to Be Consumed By Technolgy
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RESPONSIBLE CONNECTIVITY HOW NOT TO BE CONSUMED BY TECHNOLOGY Larry Port Co-Founder and Chief Software Architect Rocket Matter, LLC CHALLENGE PRETEND IT’S 1987 Where do we even start? !94 DECEMBER
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Knowledge workers in the 21st century need to be connected. Clients demand quick turnaround on issues, social media is essential for marketing, colleagues collaborate online, and news and events are disseminated rapidly through the Internet. However, we're starting to see the risks of 24-7 Internet usage, including distracted driving, constant intrusion of personal time, confidentiality risk, and even fundamental changes to the way our brains work. This completely original session explores the hazards of constant connectedness and what professionals can do to manage their risks.
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RESPONSIBLECONNECTIVITYHOW NOT TO BE CONSUMED BY TECHNOLOGY
Larry PortCo-Founder and Chief Software ArchitectRocket Matter, LLC
CHALLENGEPRETEND IT’S 1987
Where do we even start?
!94DECEMBER
!07JUNE 2008
Cyber-Bullyinga new challenge for parents and kids
personal privacy violations with tragic results
SAFETYFIRST THINGS FIRST
Oh noooooo!
25 people died due to a train engineer texting
2009
DISTRACTED DRIVING DEATHSSource: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
10,839
5,474
DRUNKDRIVING DEATHSSource: MAAD
450,000
2009
DISTRACTED DRIVING INJURIESSource: National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.
450,000 23 Times more likely a texting truck driver will have a near crash or crash.Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
4Times more likely drivers on cell phones will have a crash involving an injury.Source: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 81% Number of drivers
admitting use of cell phone while drivingSource: Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
19% Number of adults who smoke cigarettesSource: Centers for Disease Control
PUT IT DOWNwww. DISTRACTION .gov PRIVACY
JUST BECAUSE SOMETHING’S PRIVATE,IT DOESN’T MEAN IT’S BAD
“The claim of individuals, groups, or institutions to determine for themselves when, how, and to what extent information about them is communicated to others
Alan Westin, Privacy and Freedom, 1968
“We canʼt tell you what they eat for dinner. But we can tell you where they live. And their phone number, who they live with, whether they have voted, and much, much more.
Advertisement for Aristotle Industries
1991
Tim Berners-LeeYou ca n r un, but you ca n't Hide
http://www.uic.edu/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/2611/2302
project gaydar
*and give up your personal information
GET EDUCATEDWHAT CAN WE DO?
http://www.eff.org/
YOUR BRAIN ON THE INTERNET
Actions and thoughtscarve out neural pathways, like rivers carve a course.
neuroplasticity
the nature of hypertext is distraction
Multi-taskers are “suckers for irrelevancy. Everything distracts them.”
RISKS
ANXIETY
TENSION
SCATTERED THOUGHTSINABILITY TO FOCUS
OVERLOOK INFORMATION
MISINTERPRET INFORMATION
WHAT TO DO?
BATCH PROCESSWORK IN CHUNKS.
CHECK EMAIL & UPDATES AT DISCRETE TIMES
WHAT TO DO?
READ BOOKSEXERCISE THE NEUROLOGICAL PATHWAYS ASSOCIATED WITH DEEP CONCENTRATION
FAMILY TIMEHI HONEY ... HONEY?
WHAT TO DO?
MAKE RULESGET A DEVICE DISH. SHUT OFF THE ROUTER
AT SPECIFIED TIMES. MAKE IT A GAME.
ADDICTEDTHANK YOU!
www. RESPONSIBLYCONNECTED .com
