“Connect” was first presented by Cynthia Savard Saucier for Creative Mornings Montreal on September 27, 2013.
How many times do you look at your phone when it vibrates, knowing full well that it’s the email you sent yourself 30 seconds ago? Reflex causes us to compulsively reach for our iPhone the second that it makes the tiniest of noises. Have you ever heard of Pavlov’s dogs? The similarity between Pavlov’s experiments and our reaction to the ringer poses no stretch of the imagination.
The telephone is addictive, caused by the same reward patterns as drugs, sex and good food. Telephone addiction is already talked about as a real disorder.
Even though new technologies come with addictive and disruptive properties, they can’t be eliminated from our lives. Because being connected is way too important! Some of the benefits of technology include: bridging distances and language barriers, increasing autonomy and a sense of accomplishment, supporting the depressed, teaching us new things and, most importantly, helping us stay in touch with loved ones.
We must therefore find solutions that create connections, without creating an addiction to the things that connect us. What’s at stake with “mobile” technologies such as glasses and watches, which contribute to never-ending notifications? Should we adopt an ethical code to deal with this phenomenon, or take advantage of the user’s addiction to develop profitable services, such as Farmville and Facebook?
“Connect” is a call to creative people, decision makers and users, encouraging them to explore new opportunities for making the world a better connected place.
Take-out tweets
Whether it helps boost your Klout score or provide your boss with evidence that you were indeed here this morning, here are some hot and delicious tweets:
- 88% of people surveyed report feeling phantom vibrations. #mtlcm #creativemornings #ux
Tweet - Wow! @CynthiaSavard is killing it today! #mtlcm #creativemornings
Tweet - Jean Lessard @kunos uses a chicken to demonstrate how operant conditioning works. #mtlcm #creativemornings
Tweet - Humans are conditioned by the ring of the telephone, just like the chickens were conditioned by the clicker. #creativemornings #Pavlov
Tweet - A #textmessage releases #dopamine in the brain – just like drugs or #sex. #mtlcm #creativemornings
Tweet - Reducing the “cost” of interaction – even a little bit – ensures an #increase in the use of technology. #mtlcm #creativemornings #ux
Tweet - When new technologies are made available, creative people immediately leverage them to make incredible discoveries! #mtlcm #creativemornings #ux
Tweet - A #GoogleGlass app allows you to apply #CPR, while simultaneously listening to Staying Alive. Oh, progress! #mtlcm #creativemornings #BeeGees
Tweet - Beyond “magic” solutions that save lives, there are other small pleasures that create connections. #mtlcm #creativemornings #ux
Tweet - “I dream of new technologies that won’t disturb you and that respect all users.” @CynthiaSavard #mtlcm #creativemornings #ux
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The slides
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