Alienated Minds and Societal Disorientation: The Cost of Digital Saturation and Consumerism

 

Alienated Minds and Societal Disorientation: The Cost of Digital Saturation and Consumerism

A short note

Modern discourse frequently highlights how digital saturation and materialistic paradigms contribute to pervasive existential alienation and societal disorientation. Cognitive despair is further exacerbated by systemic imitation, intense rivalry, and the proliferation of synthetic media like deepfakes. This unchecked pursuit of hedonic pleasures and operational shortcuts inherently generates psychological distress, ethical ambiguity, and protracted sociopolitical friction. Consequently, contemporary society has inadvertently constructed a dehumanised framework governed by hyper-consumerism and cognitive fragmentation.

Inspired poem

A screen's soft glow, a world unseen,
We chase its lure, a hollow prize.
Lost in its maze, we're in between,
Real joy and simulated skies.

Each click, a want, a deeper need,
To mimic lives, that brightly gleam.
Ambition burns, a frantic seed,
Fueled by a captivating dream.

Short cuts we take, on weary feet,
The path grows dark, with doubt and fear.
Our hurried lives, bittersweet,
As right and wrong become unclear.

This web we weave, a tangled thread,
Leaves hearts with longing, souls unfed.

In summary

Kishore (2026) argues that the combination of digital saturation and relentless consumerism is causing deep psychological alienation and social fragmentation, turning individuals into isolated consumers. He advocates for a return to mindful living and community engagement to counter this existential crisis and restore mental well-being

Kishore, L. (2026). Alienated Minds and Societal Disorientation: The Cost of Digital Saturation and Consumerism, Lalit Kishoe Writes, https://lalitkishorewrites.blogspot.com/2026/08/alienated-minds-and-societal.html

 



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