A rock tune introduces a tiny person in the midst of a throng of moving people. These tower over him, but have their heads facing down, in uniform formation, eerily string at their cellphone screens. "Are you lost in the world like me?" a line in the background song, explains the tiny person's facial expression of total confusion, fear and apprehension. Everyone around him is struck to their phone, none converses with the other, even those out on a date in restaurants.In the face of a burning building, a girl takes selfies while fire fighters look on in dismay. Trends determine consumerism, while at the same time drive people's attention to a fleeting fad. When a girl makes a valiant attempt at self-expression through dance, her video is shared widely and she receives abject scorn. In the face of bullying or exploitation, one can only dream of being a hero, but cannot stand against the oppressor. The people living in this video are zombies, leading each other into an abyss, through endless posting and viewing. They have lost sight of what is around them, so much so that their lives have become dark and grey.
Moby & the Void Pacific Choir: Are You Lost in the World Like Me (2016 Music Video)
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Wow things never change
kingolympus26 May 2022
Boomers talking about book good phone bad. Same stuff different movie. It's amazing how it's the same as the daily paper but without the big noses. I was waiting for the "dad how do I scroll through the book" punchline that always happens. Wouldn't recommend.
Such a shame
injury-6544722 May 2020
Are You Lost in the World Like Me?
0U17 March 2020
One of the great paradoxes of our time is this: Never have we been more connected, yet never have we been more disconnected. Professor Sherry Turkle captured this jarring juxtaposition of realities in her book title Alone Together. Now electronic music maestro Moby has a song that gets at this conundrum as well: "Are You Lost in the World Like Me?"
The song asks probing questions about navigating life in our tech-obsessed, postmodern world. And the remarkable video that accompanies it adds a poignant exclamation point of its own.
The song asks probing questions about navigating life in our tech-obsessed, postmodern world. And the remarkable video that accompanies it adds a poignant exclamation point of its own.
A part of an echo chamber
sonicthegreat-5165213 April 2024
This short film attempts to portray why Social media and phones are bad it doesn't do this by pointing out the legitimate ways Social media has harmed society instead it's just meaningless shock factor with a phone in the frame pretending that said issues were caused by the phone. The best scene that encapsulates this is where the MC sits down on a curb, a dog walks up to him, a guy walks up to the dog and kicks it for no reason. This film has the appearance of depth but is as deep as a puddle, none of what it brings up is worth investigating fully as it's just depression porn showing the negative aspects of a society that have been around since the Neolithic Revolution. Instead of prompting one to think about why these negative traits exist it tries to blame the phone in a manner that can't be any more heavy handed. Here's a list of things the film tries to blame on smartphones; Suicide, Depression, Kicking Small Animals, and Groping.
This film as a whole was clearly a bad faith attempt at portraying Smartphone usage by somebody who's never touched a phone or went outside in the last 10 years.
This film as a whole was clearly a bad faith attempt at portraying Smartphone usage by somebody who's never touched a phone or went outside in the last 10 years.
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