Social Connectivity And Its Effects On Society - 2294 Words

Imagine if everything in the world around you existed only in theory but didn’t really exist at all. How much would you have to worry about the consequences of your actions? This kind of nihilism isn’t practical when you go out in public, but computation and social connectivity may be the closest thing, in the real world, to the construction of an actual nihilistic landscape. When you go online, you often won’t have to worry about tarnishing your identity and reputation because, with anonymity, it never really existed to your audience in the first place. There are many places where you don’t have to worry about saying the wrong things because there aren’t any authority figures to effectively enforce them. The internet doesn’t so much†¦show more content†¦Here you have two major American political candidates from both the Democratic and Republican parties emphasizing the need for authority and moderation for the dangerous aspects of the World Wide Web. In one sense, it’s easy for people to mock just how vague, naà ¯ve, and impractical this idea sounds, as shutting something down online doesn’t necessarily prevent it from being built up again. In another sense, it’s long overdue for politicians to start taking the issue of toxicity in global internet activity and reactivity very seriously. This issue is not so much about terrorism itself. Fundamentally speaking, it is about the downsides of the internet’s global reach and the lack of exclusivity that dangerous ideas have because of social media’s accessibility. In can be argued by the social contract theory that people, in general, will submit to their governments under a common law to live in a civil society. In other words, the authority of the law, and its ability to dish out consequences for actions, is what can ensure communal peace and security among people. But legislation has a notorious lag time in its abilit y to properly keep up with technology and its sociological uses. There arguably isn’t a clearly defined social contract on the internet. Overall, this is an â€Å"issue† about how internet rhetoric seems to be fueling a contagious toxic culture,