Let’s imagine 2030, the relatively near future, the technological futurists tell us that there will be brain implants, the creation of intelligent electrical networks, which will transmit energy in both directions, televisions and folding devices, which will fold like a sheet of paper , the quantum internet, which is said to be unhackable, and safe. The use of drones for countless tasks such as agriculture, security, transportation, a large number of the world’s vehicle plant will be electric cars.
In 2030 Elon Musk’s mission to Mars will have been a success and the colonization of the red planet a fact. The project of Japan and France to map the oceanic world will be finished now, we will be able to have the map of the earth’s ocean. Artificial trees will be created in order to separate carbon dioxide (CO2) from the air.
In the economy it will be the end of the use of cash, and the use of cryptocurrencies will be normal. Artificial Intelligence (AI) will have displaced millions of workers, whose functions will be done by robots. Many human beings will live more in the Metaverse and virtual worlds than in the real plane.
In exchange for this dream of changes due to technology, there is its negative counterpart, in terms of health, and they are the digital diseases that we already know today will increase, and there will be new ones. A society with more social distancing every day will have fewer marriages, the birth rate will drop, the values will be different, every day fewer family and outdoor activities, every day we will be less tolerant, technology sets the speed in everything.
Technology already invades the human body. The Iphone and/or Smart/phone have become an extension in our body, they cause anxiety, not having them in our hands, or carrying them in the body, generates Nomophobia, the irrational fear of being without a cell phone or feeling incommunicado. Neomania or Neophilia is that desire for new technology that leads us to the dispersion and release of dopamine in large quantities.
The Iphone becomes a weapon of mass distraction that leads to Phubbing, which is more frequent every day at family tables, responsible for anger between couples, by paying more attention to the cell phone than to the human beings who are sitting with us. The so-called Fomo, which is the fear of missing something on social networks or being excluded from an event, which forces those who suffer from this syndrome to remain connected to the Internet.
Technological Anxiety; severe attachment to the phone, highly related to a mismatch in dopamine levels; brain neurotransmitter that regulates rewards, closely linked to attitudinal zapping, anxiety disorders. Digital Insomnia, which physically generates ailments and disorders of the nerves, muscles, spine, and neck. Whatsapitis addiction to this application that generates “Psiconversations”.
The Cost of change, time that we lose for electronic devices and their applications, neglecting other important tasks. Infoxication, that digital Diogenes syndrome, when we tend to accumulate electronic garbage, free books, photos, videos, among others. Infobesity produced by an electronic and physical sedentary lifestyle. Cognitive Impairment, with memory loss, attention to information processing and Digital Dementia, the extreme of digital illnesses, by not exercising memory by delegating everything to the Iphone/Android, devices and applications.
Without a doubt, by 2030, in addition to technological advances, we will have more digital diseases generated by the use and abuse of technology.