A Silent Virus - eBook PDF

The digital age: a silent threat to our consciousness An in-depth analysis reveals the concrete and worrying impact of smartphone use on our consciousness. We are witnessing a dizzying acceleration of our knowledge, a process so intense that it suggests a genetic modification of our DNA, shaped by the incessant flow of data we acquire every day.

This dynamic is gradually transforming us, making us, through our daily actions, potentially “starving” with the dissemination of photos, videos, chats, and comments at the expense of our neighbors, just to appear on the internet and in our circle of friends. Think of all those children who, starting at age 12, begin to assimilate content on social networks without rules or morals, and after 10 years their brains are reduced to mush. The title original “Morti di Fame = Starving to Death” may seem provocative, but it captures the harsh reality of our altered behavior.

The continuous and compulsive assimilation of content is a real contamination, a silent virus. The need to be constantly present on social media, to always check our smartphones, and to entrust them with every type of event and situation isolates us from the world.

Everything is just a consequence, a side effect of this phenomenon. Extending the analysis to our leaders throughout the world, in every single country, wars and social divisions, with them being the first to use social networks as a means of mass communication, without exception. The stakes are high: we are all in danger