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What is the concept behind Solitude? So there were really two ideas: one of the things which I think is really changing society is this dual life we lead. I have been immersed in the tech industry from a very young age. I’ve always been a very early adopteA world in motion
What is the concept behind Solitude? So there were really two ideas: one of the things which I think is really changing society is this dual life we lead. I have been immersed in the tech industry from a very young age. I’ve always been a very early adopter and I’ve been living ‘online’ since the Mirc days, the online gaming days, the hi5 days and, nowadays, the myriad social media platforms we all use. I have had an online presence and online friends for a while, so much so that nowadays if I am cut off from the internet for more than a few hours I feel physically anxious. Having said that, mine was still a generation that grew up without the internet, so we are unlike our younger brothers and sisters who are even more affected by this need to link up online. This brings us to today, where we all have our ‘real’ lives and our online lives – two, sometimes completely disparate, worlds where you may feel like a king in one (especially if you consider the escape worlds like World of Warcraft or some other game) and horribly alone and insignificant in the other. You might feel that you need to hide the ‘ugliness’ of real life and only show the perfect parts through your online... Read more