P. Berger, T. Luckmann says of the symbolic universe: “the
symbolic universe links men with their successors in a meaningful totality,
serving to transcend the finitude of individual existence and bestowing meaning
upon the individual’s death. All members of society can now conceive of
themselves as belonging to a meaningful universe, which was there before they
were born and will be there after they die.”
The digital world can be seen in today’s time as an
identifiable ‘symbolic universe’. The
digital world was born before I was and will continue after I die. It has helped
link my generation with its parents and will help the transition to the next
generation. Any imprint we make on the digital ‘symbolic universe’ now will
remain till after we are gone, and will be added to, or changed by our
successors in the future.
Media and design in my opinion won’t be impacted in the
construction of the digital social universe, but helped to progress through and
into this digital era. The fine arts, like painting and creation from solid
materials by hand will still exist, but the majority of design will become
digital. From 3d modelling and printing to motion picture productions, to even writing
letters, all these will during my lifetime pass on almost entirely to the
digital realm. These will continue in the digital world and last past out
generation through the digital ‘symbolic universe’.
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