I-NoFap kunye nobudlelwane kwinto yetekhnoloji yemidiya eyenzayo ngoku ebantwini.
Uninzi lwethu luza ngenxa yokuba sichonge ifuthe letekhnoloji elinayo kwingqondo yethu, kunye nendlela ethe yagqwetha ngayo iindlela zethu zomvuzo. Ephantsi kwemiphumo emibi yokuphulula amalungu esini zizizathu ezidalwe kukuqhushumba kwenkqubela phambili yenzululwazi kunye nobunjineli kwinkulungwane edluleyo, nto leyo eyathi yadala iindlela ezifanelekileyo zokuvelisa, kwaye ekugqibeleni imveliso yobuninzi, imidiya. Ikhamera, ifowuni, unomathotholo, umabonwakude, ikhompyuter, kwaye ekugqibeleni i-intanethi. Sifike kwindawo apho amajelo eendaba akude, alungele ukusetyenziswa. Uninzi lwethu apha lubonile ukuba lunokubangela ntoni ngokuphulula amalungu esini: ukuthomalalisa ubomi. Kodwa kuthekani ngezinye iindlela itekhnoloji ebumba ngayo indlela esenza ngayo nokuba singoobani?
“Sizihlekisa Ngokusa Ekufeni” nguNeil Postman uphendula loo mbuzo. Le ncwadi sisigxeko esingagungqiyo sento eyenziwa bubuchwephesha bemithombo yeendaba ebantwini, kunye nemiphumo ebenayo kwezopolitiko, imfundo, inkolo, kunye nokubulawa kwezinye iinkalo zobomi bethu. Yabhalwa kwiminyaka engamashumi amabini eyadlulayo ngoko ke eyona ndlela iphambili igxekwayo ngumabonwakude, kodwa isabambelele kumajelo eendaba amaninzi athi asikhukula mihla le. Ukuba ifundwe kunye "I-Shallows: Yintoni eyenziwa yi-Intanethi kwiingqondo Zethu", nabani na angalumka kwaye axhalabe malunga nefuthe elibi letekhnoloji enokuba nalo ekukwazini kwethu ukufunxa kunye nokuhlalutya ulwazi. Zombini zifundeka kancinci ngokunjalo, kwaye ndincoma ngentliziyo iphela.
Ngexesha lam apha ndibone iireferensi ezininzi kwiMatrix. Ngokukodwa, ukuba emva kokubandakanyeka kwiNoFap kuye kwavakala ngathi kukhutshiwe kwiMatrix. Oku akuqhelekanga. Ukuqinisa unxibelelwano phakathi kweziphumo ezibi zetekhnoloji endizikhankanyileyo apha ngasentla, nantsi intshayelelo yencwadi ethi “Sizihlekisa Ngokufa”, apho umbhali athelekisa iinoveli ze-dystopian zikaGeorge Orwell kunye no-Aldous Huxley:
“Besibeke iliso lethu ku-1984. Uthe xa unyaka singekabikho, abantu baseMelika abaCacileyo bacula ngokuzolileyo bezincoma. Iingcambu zedemokhrasi yenkululeko zazibambile. Naphi na apho uloyiko lwenzeke khona, thina, ubuncinci, asizange sityelelwe ngamaphupha amabi ka-Orwellian.
Ngaba sasilibele ukuba ecaleni kombono omnyama ka-Orwell, kwakukho omnye-omdala kancinane, owaziwa kakhulu, opholileyo ngokulinganayo: Ilizwe Elitsha Lesibindi lika-Aldous Huxley. Ngokuchasene nenkolelo eqhelekileyo naphakathi kwabafundileyo, u-Huxley no-Orwell abazange baprofete into efanayo. U-Orwell ulumkisa ukuba siya koyiswa yingcinezelo ebekwe ngaphandle. Kodwa kumbono kaHuxley, akukho Mzalwana uBig ufuneka ukuba ahluthe abantu ukuzimela, ukukhula kunye nembali. Njengoko wakubonayo, abantu baya kuyithanda ingcinezelo yabo, bathande ubugcisa obuphelisa amandla abo okucinga.
Into awayeyoyika uOrwell ngabo babeza kuzivala iincwadi. Into awayesoyika ngayo uHuxley yayikukuba bekungayi kubakho sizathu sokuvala incwadi, kuba bekungayi kubakho mntu ufuna ukuyifunda. U-Orwell wayesoyika abo baza kusihlutha ulwazi. U-Huxley woyika abo baya kusinika kakhulu kangangokuba siya kuncitshiswa ukuba singabikho kwaye sibe ne-egoism. UOrwell wayesoyika ukuba inyaniso iya kufihlwa kuthi. U-Huxley woyika ukuba inyani iya kurhaxwa kulwandle olungenamsebenzi. U-Orwell wayesoyika ukuba siya kuba yinkcubeko evalelweyo. U-Huxley wayesoyikela ukuba siya kuba yinkcubeko engenamsebenzi, sizixakekise ngezinto ezilingana neefeelies, i-orgy porgy, kunye ne-centrifugal bumblepuppy. Njengoko uHuxley watshoyo kwiLizwe Elitsha Elinobukroti Elihlaziyiweyo, abantu ababelwela inkululeko yoluntu nabaqiqayo abasoloko bekuphaphele ukuchasa ubuzwilakhe 'basilela ukucingela ulangazelelo lomntu oluphantse lungapheli wokuphazamisa.' Kwi-1984 u-Huxley wongezelela, abantu balawulwa ngokubangela intlungu. Kwihlabathi Elitsha Elinobukroti, zilawulwa ngokuzisa uyolo. Ngamafutshane, u-Orwell wayenoloyiko lokuba into esiyithiyileyo iya kusonakalisa. U-Huxley wayenoloyiko lokuba into esiyithandayo iya kusonakala.
Le ncwadi imalunga nokuba uHuxley, hayi u-Orwell, wayenyanisile.
Musa ukuyeka nje ukuphulula amalungu esini. Ndiyakubongoza ukuba ungathandabuzi itekhnoloji yeziphumo ezinayo kwezinye iindawo zobomi bakho. Njengomntu omsebenzi wakhe ocwangcisiweyo uxhomekeke kwimveliso yam kunye nendlela endifunxa ngayo kwaye ndiyiphucula ulwazi, ndinyathela ngononophelo ngaphambi kokuba ndivume ukusebenzisa ubugcisa.
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