Several people do not believe that COVID-19 will have such a profound impact on the world.
But the world has indeed changed.
Another example of this prejudice has to do with our increasingly digital world. Our actions and interactions with each other are now more online than ever before. This trend will not stop, on the contrary, it will accelerate development, and our lives will be changed as a result.
This is not to say that there will be no physical interaction in the future. On the contrary, from an evolutionary perspective, physical contact is essential.
But we know that there will still be an overwhelming shift, namely the shift to digital contact. Smartphones and mobile networks are the backbone of this change. Social media, immersive games and on-demand grocery delivery are also paving the way for the digital future.
Most people may eventually earn income through digital work.
This gradual and inevitable change is a complete disaster for individuals who cannot adjust their skills and expertise accordingly.
The normalization bias ignores the integration of digital technology and believes that life will continue as always.
2. Preference forgery
When you lie about what you want out of fear of social backlash from exposing your needs, you fake your preferences.
The first election of President Trump is a good example of this phenomenon. Polls and “public opinion” are often negative for his candidacy. “Nobody” wants him to be president.
This formed a false narrative, which eventually shocked many people when Trump was elected.
It tells us that people lie in order to cater to the preferences of social groups. We lie because we are afraid of ruining relationships when our true preferences are known to others. We would say that in private, but we would say that in public.
Why is this important?
Because in the digital future, you can remain anonymous, and preference forgery may not exist. If your life is anonymous, you don’t have to fear social persecution.
Therefore, the community preferences we establish in Metaspace will be closer to social consensus, and a more authentic form of discourse will appear in the digital environment that protects anonymity.
3. The map does not mean the real world
The map of reality is not reality. Even the best map is not perfect. That’s because they are shorthands of what they represent. In other words, a map with a scale of 1:1 is actually useless to us.
——Farnam Street