Tech Dependance pt2

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Hello listeners, It's time once again for another episode of
the Tech Versus Humanity podcast, A shoe and dedicated to
the growing struggle between humanity and technology. It makes our
life easier, it makes our life better, but technology is

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going to replace us one day. It is. Little by little.
We got into a topic too big for a single episode.
It's not mandatory that you go back and check it out,
but we talked about a lot. We started talking about

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vulnerabilities of technological dependence. I know I'm depending myself. Take
away my cell phone. I'm sucking on my thumb, curled
up in the corner, whimpering, Just kidding, I don't whimper.

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What about digital wallets and the fragility of identity verification systems.
If your biometrics fail or your idea is compromised, you
might not be able to access your own funds or data.

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Apple pay, Google Wallet, and crypto wallets all face potential
lockout issues if authentication systems break or data is corrupted.
The average person has dozens of online accounts for getting passwords,

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especially for crypto or two factor secured accounts can lock
people out permanently. One man famously lost access to two
hundred and twenty million in bitcoin because he forgot his password.

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Facial recognition can fail due to lighting, aging, or injury.
Fingerprint readers sometimes reject users with dry, scarred skin. This
raises questions about consent and access when biometric traits are

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not universally consistent or secure. What about children's digital footprints
created even before consent. Parents share images and data about
their kids on line, often before children can give consent.

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These digital footprints, sometimes including birth days, home addresses, and
medical data, can be mined, sold, or exposed in data
breaches for decades to come. All of our smart devices

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are recording our private conversations. Smart speakers like Alexa and
Google Home have recorded users without consent, sometimes even sharing
those recordings with contacts or third party contractors. This raises

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serious concerns about eavesdropping and misuse of private data. FOMO
and psychological effects of constant connectivity are becoming a serious issue.

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People feel anxious and left out when not connected to
their social feeds. This leads to compulsive checking, doom scrolling,
and higher rates of anxiety, depression, and loneliness, especially in

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the teenagers and young adults. Dating apps have commodified relationships
reducing complex emotional connections to swiped based judgments. They create
paradoxes of choice and have been leaked to who decreased satisfaction, ghosting, anxiety,

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and in some cases, real world safety issues. Video calls,
text messages, and social media have replaced face to faced bonding.
While convenient, these methods reduce the equality of connection, leading

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to miscommunication, emotional disconnection, and superficial relationships. Social media, memorial pages,
and digital earns are now used for mourning while comforting.

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This dependence can trap people in unresolved grief cycles or
be hijacked for commercial gains. What about emotional dependence on
AI companions or chat bots. AI bots like Republica provide

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emotional support and simulated companionship for some, especially those with
social anxieties. This creates a dangerous crutch that may replace
real world relationship building or foster emotional delusion. Next, let's

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take a look at some global systems at risk, such
as supply chain for gilogy exposed by tech platform glitches.
Supply chains are now managed by real time data platforms.
When these go down, as happened during the twenty twenty

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one soul Winds hack, shipments get delayed globally. Even minor
errors can ripple through industries, food, medicine, electronics, creating shortages.
DNS systems like those run by Google and cloud Flare

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are vital to accessing the Web. In July twenty twenty one,
a cloud Flare misconfiguration knocked down access to large swaths
of the Internet. These single points of failure show how
fragile the net truly is. A single it failure a

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Delta Airlines in twenty sixteen ground and over two thousand flights.
In January twenty twenty three, a critical f AA and
NOTAM system failure led to the first nationwide US of
flight halt since nine eleven. Entire industries now hinge on

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digital systems that are sometimes decades old. Next, let's take
a look at international diplomacy affected by cyber attacks or hacks.
Hackers have exposed diplomatic cables, election interference campaigns, and private emails.

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This digital espionage erodes trust, destabilizes alliances, and can even
provoke international incidents. Satellites and climate sensors provide vital data
for forecasting disasters. A compromised or misinterpreted data stream could

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result in FAI field disaster response affecting millions. The increasing
digitization of meteorological systems heightens the stakes. Now, let's take
a look at some biological and health vulnerabilities. Prolonged screen

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exposure and social media use. Activated dopamine reward cycles similar
to those triggered by gambling and drugs. MRI scans show
changes in the prefrontal cortex, affecting decision making, in pulse
control and emotional regulation. Screens emit blue light, which suppress

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melatonin production, delays sleep on set, and reduces rim sleep.
Chronic exposure leads to insomnia, mood disorders, and a decreased
immune function, all worsened by night time divis use. Unfortunately,

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that's all the time we've got for today's episode of
the Tech Versus Humanity podcasts, and I can't thank you
enough for stopping by for another episode Until next time.