Articles taggés "technology"

More than 340 rural stakeholders gathered in Cork, Ireland, in early September 2016 to develop a vision for the future of EU rural areas. The Cork Declaration 2.0, under the heading "A Better Life in Rural Areas," outlines the expectations and aspirations of rural areas. Among the priorities to be addressed, it calls for policies to focus on closing the digital divide between rural and urban areas, as well as developing the potential offered by rural connectivity and digitization. In order to increase complementarity and coherence, emphasis was placed on the need for integrated approaches and interaction between different policy fields.

The technology was meant to be the one which helps us to do things faster, better and easier in one word to be more productive. But these distractions aren’t just unproductive, they’re anti-productive. They create more work than they replace because due to our non-stop distraction we need much more time to finish the task we set to do. Also, with so much offer on Instagram, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook it’s really hard to decide on which kind of content should we focus on-and also stay focused. Ultimately, entertaining and not useful information gets us addicted because it is pleasing, easy and it numbs a lot of our day-to-day stresses and insecurities. The same way the consumer economy of the 20th century called upon us to invent the nutritional diet, authors believe that the attention economy of the 21st century calls upon us to invent an attention diet.

Discussions about technology often focus on children and young people. However, in Germany young people are beginning to challenge their parents reliance on smartphones. This is the story of a local campaign, reminding adults to engage with their children without technology getting in the way.

This article discusses the increasing popularity of music in languages other than English, asking why the last few years has seen a dramatic rise in the number of non-English language music charting internationally. It also explores the positive effects that linguistically and culturally diverse music has on communities.

More and more young people own smartphones. How does this affect us and our lives?

Last year Bristol has overtaken London as the UK’s leading 'smart city'. As I am living right between London and Bristol, I was wondering: How exactly can a city be 'smart'?

A look into the relationship of human beings with noise and silence, inspired by the recent documentary film 'In pursuit of silence'