The utopian promise of technology is here: phones are friends; technology is supporting life and doomscrolling is dead.

Technology was meant to make life better, to cut down our working hours, to make us productive, to help us. But it’s not.

Instead, our daily digital interactions are eating away at our mental health whilst leaving us feeling like failures - reminding us of all the things we cannot do, friends we don’t have and things we cannot buy. All whilst keeping us addicted to our screens.

So much so, that a study measuring nomophobia indicates that 99.2% of Australians have some fear of being without their phone; doomscrolling was the word of the year in 2020 and we know that digital products are designed to keep us addicted (hello Social Dilemma).

The day-to-day toll on our general health is significant and unquantifiable. Yet we cannot live without the technology that’s hurting us. And honestly, we don’t want to.

How do we truly escape this conundrum and find our way into technology’s promised land?

This event is part of a 3 part series exploring the theme 'From a dystopian reality to a utopian digital future'. Full details can be found via the Something Digital website.

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About the Night Nomads

The Night Nomads exist to facilitate bold, daring and sometimes uncomfortable conversations around the way in which digital technology is changing our lives... for better or for worse.

Run over three consecutive Wednesday evenings in March, the events feature outstanding digital legends who have a free license to engage, provoke and challenge us to think differently about our digital futures.

Straying from a normal business event format, the Night Nomads are a rare opportunity to tackle three modern digital dilemmas and their impact on society. How do we consciously design a positive digital future for us and our kids?