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Virtual Dissolution

Maryna Lazareva says don’t be just a digital fish in the aquarium of social media.

The human world has noticeably shifted to the field of digital technologies and virtuality. Everyday life is filled with information technologies that penetrated our workflow and our leisure time, technologize individual thinking, and break the essential connection between humanity and nature. Today, people prefer to spend their free time in cinemas, bowling alleys, cafés (preferably with free access to wifi), rather than go to the forest or on a picnic. Even our nature trips today must be comfortable and protected. Preparation for them is more like preparing for battle, involving packing anti-mosquito sprays, umbrellas, awnings, barbecues, chairs, dishes, toys for children, tablecloths, blankets, mobile phone chargers.

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