Technological Psychosis

      Depression and nihilism are natural symptoms of the digital age. The amount of data we must process is beyond the mind's capacity to handle. Many view the Millenials as privileged to work in a world with such facility and technical prowess, but there is a great downfall to this system. The spectre of 'choice paralysis,' being unable to decide what course to take in the midst of an overwhelming amount of selections, is a primary drawback. Never before has such a large percentage of the population acted as viable business competition. The urge and the ability to manufacture your dreams have never been so synchronized, but quality soon takes a backseat to quantity. Fortunately, the sheer amount of mediocrity out there won't influence the major successes anyway, so the hordes of potential producers will be as irrelevant as they would have been in any other age.

     Do not mistake me for a Luddite. I am not arguing for the cessation of many modern technologies, nor would I insist on curtailing them via government control. These are just the melancholic ramblings of a mind too split by the ocean of data in our brave new world.