{"id":272270,"date":"2025-10-29T13:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T11:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/?p=272270"},"modified":"2025-11-08T14:14:26","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T12:14:26","slug":"what-the-world-is-really-made-of-these-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/peoplespost\/what-the-world-is-really-made-of-these-days\/","title":{"rendered":"What the world is really made of these days"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Learning to embrace the speed of modern life<\/strong>
\u201cI remembered reading that they were making sausages out of fish, and fish, no doubt, out of something different. It gave me the feeling that I\u2019d bitten into the modern world and discovered what it was really made of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

That\u2019s the way we\u2019re going nowadays. Everything slick and streamlined, everything made out of something else.\u201d
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This passage from George Orwell\u2019s novel Coming up for air<\/em> has become a haunting metaphor to describe this glittery age we find ourselves racing to embrace and understand.
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First published in 1939 just before World War 2 and the birth of the atomic bomb, two terrifying phenomena that would alter life and our idea of safety and security forever.
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And yet I find the novel still captures the unease and paranoia that technological and industrial innovation presents our society in 2025.
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A few years ago, we survived and emerged from the Covid-19 pandemic, where we witnessed hybrid work environments, government distrust, the rise of podcasts and dying theatres and record stores
closing.
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During this time the political world became more divided, with content creators sharing their ideologies towards their fanbases on social media and deepening the divide between liberals and conservatives to boost their followers.
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We saw YouTube become the new television and now we are bombarded with unskippable ads and
more spam calls than ever before.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cooped up in our homes while being forced to quarantine and social distance, these videos or
\u201ccontent\u201d we consumed became an escape from a gloomy reality we were struggling to accept.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You often hear people say they weren\u2019t the same person that entered the pandemic.
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All the while our cellphones, our apps, kept updating and improving.
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Now these devices and Artificial Intelligence (AI) are operating at unprecedented speeds, effortlessly processing oceans of data and completing tasks more efficiently.
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We are basking in the golden age of technology and witnessing the breakneck speed of information and ever increasing popularity of social media.
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Particularly, Instagram and the obsession of appearing cool and having an \u201caesthetic\u201d and style that sets you apart from the rest and pretending to live as a celebrity.
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Now a photograph that would organically capture a moment has become exploited, filtered or polished to satisfy some personal idea.
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In the past, reporters and the radio were the main source of information for the public who
had to verify facts before they were published. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now we are seeing accidents, traumatic videos of violence and AI slop being shared at the push of a
button and spreading like wildfire online.
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These videos are being shared and seen seemingly without consequence or any care to fact-check if this news truly occurred on this day nor if the contents are disturbing for viewers.
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God forbid the graphic material enters the TikTok feed of a young person, reshaping their algorithm to ensure they\u2019ll see similar content because they haven\u2019t skipped the video in five seconds.
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It\u2019s as if social media has become a colourful zoo where visitors are gasping at graphic and upsetting
material whilst being unable to peel their eyes from the screen like numb and overstimulated zombies.
<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now reporters must adapt to a world where research and patience are becoming relics of the past and they\u2019re competing with endless videos being posted without being checked or edited for credibility.
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Like the word \u201cfast food\u201d means a quick, cheap and tasty meal, people can become irritated and impatient when this convenience doesn\u2019t fulfil its promise and they waited 20 minutes for their hamburger.
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And yet after they\u2019ve exhausted their lungs from complaining, once they\u2019ve received
their meal they\u2019ll bite into the meat like some rabid hyaena, with little care to consider if the meat
they\u2019re chewing is truly the \u201c100% pure bred beef\u2019\u2019 they paid for.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I think this is an apt way to describe why we should remember the importance of staying vigilant and distinguish between the truth and the lies being sold and packaged to
us with colourful gift wrapping.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Learning to embrace the speed of modern life
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