VIRTUAL REALITY the of values

what we believed to be universal values like truth, honesty, and work ethic, etc. are disappearing. I see it in my teaching and clinical practice as well as dealing socially everyday.

I’m not sure if they can be called new values, but the standards of living in a society are changing. There is more concern for individual sentiments. Body shaming, caste-shaming, race shaming are refreshing concepts. People get offended if someone comments on another’s appearance. It is definitely something which society should have learned and followed early on but the deterioration in other values is more alarming. It seems as if we are focusing on the superficial rather than the depth of human existence.

A very palpable feeling is that we are living in a virtual world rather than the real. Especially in the Generation Z, a label we have created for this cohort. The element of individual choice has taken over the idea of universal goodness. No wonder why this era has allowed gender and it’s choice to become prominent issues. However, living in a virtual world has created some fuzzy boundaries.

Now when I say virtual world I mean the use of gadgets, developing auras, virtual personalities, and the other perks of this overtly digital age.. Are these leading us to a meaningful life or one which is playing with imagination?

Hybrid working still has to show it’s impact on human relationships. In the developing world this lowering of human interaction is not yet apparent maybe. But it’s a small world and we are more connected then we have ever been in the communication of ideas.

What disturbs me the most is how violence is everywhere. The cost of human life is deteriorating day by day. Of course on the other hand there are groups who are working to save humanity. Doctors without borders, Amnesty International, Environment protection agencies, private trusts.. they are all there. But what’s regrettable is that their efforts always seem to be a little too late. I strongly feel that the recent history of the world has created havoc in the physical as well the humanistic world.

And we are seeing the impact in so many ways. Arms race, random killing of children and adults alike. The lust for bling leading us away from our true potential as humans. Climate change. Corruption. The good seems to be a drop in the ocean. The question is will we be able to clean up our act?