VIDEO: Oli Whitworth: “We have become increasingly more connected and simultaneously more divided.”
Division & Unity illustrates the aftereffects of technology; mainly identifying the way it’s changed how people absorb and interpret information. Oli Whitworth — who plays the role of the narrator in this short — says, “Everyone can know everything before analysing the context,” which is the unfortunate reality that anyone who’s connected to the internet is affected by.
He continues to elaborate on what happens when unverified stories become viral and misleads the audience to believing that it’s factual — although nobody really needs an explanation for that particular scenario because we’ve seen the outcome. America’s current President was elected thanks to it.
Watch the video below to see how ODD NY visualises what the future holds:
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