For those of my readers that have never seen The Tribe, I will provide a brief summary below.
The premise behind The Tribe is a world without adults. An infectious disease has broken out that only affects adults, leaving children and teenagers to fend for themselves. As a means of survival, the kids and teenagers have formed tribes and laid claims to certain sectors of the city (I am unaware of what city they are in). Some tribes want peace and equality while other tribes seek to conquer and dominate.
You can visit the official tribe page at www.tribeworld.com.
This TV show from New Zealand The Tribe depicts video games as a form of brainwashing. The tribe named the “Technos” has come up with an alternate reality in which you can become whoever you want and go wherever you want. All of your fantasies become reality. For the leader of the Technos I can see how this is a world he would never want to escape from, as in real life he is paralyzed needing a wheelchair to move around. Despite this fact he knows better than to become addicted to this virtual world. Several of the characters within the TV show though are depleted to a state of zombies as a consequence of playing the video game for too long. The street has become vacant and most of tribes are only interested in playing the game.
If a game like that existed, I would happily trade in 4-6 hours of my day accomplishing the dreams that I know I can never have in real life. Instead of watching superman on TV fly, I would love to fly. Unfortunately, there is no such video game. Nintendo, Playstation, X-Box, etcetera, get working.
According to recent research by Ofcom, 37% of adults and 60% of teens admit to being ‘highly addicted’ to their smartphones, with users checking their smartphones on average, 34 times a day. Additionally, 51% of adults and 65% of teens use their smartphones while socializing with others, and 22% and 47% respectively, confess to answering their smartphones even while on the toilet.
ReplyDeleteSo the International 'Moodoff Day’ is encouraging people around the world to avoid using smartphones for a few hours on February 26. The organization is urging adults and teenagers to spend from 5 a.m. to 10 a.m. that day without using their smartphone. This events will celebrate each year on last Sunday of February.
if you feel you could benefit from a morning without smartphones and mobile devices and want to encourage others to follow suit, go to www.MoodOffDay.org and pledge your support. You can even post your personal experiences of smartphone addiction or upload funny images showing smartphone addicts in action at www.facebook.com/MoodOffDay .
Moodoff Day is aiming to raise awareness of smart phone addiction and to minimise the impact on relationships, work/life balance, reduce risk of injury in traffic and improve quality of life.