In regards to how privacy concerns in the article will never go away. I would like to ask the class if they have any ideas on how to slow down these invasions into our lives. Will it have to be a law? Will we just have to get better technology to encrypt our information.? How will the use of this information be used against us? Will it just be used to sell us products or will it be used with the medical industry? Could they decide if we are worth keeping alive or deserve a job based on this information. It is a scary thought. Also another thought about the other reading. Who should be allowed to show videos on Utube? Who decides what we should see or what is not for our eyes? Even horrible material trying to be used to hurt or confuse people should be seen. We should have the right to know about the threats and horrors that we are usually lucky that we don't have to be in a country with extremist like this. I just hope that we don't become like the people we hate.
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
new media ideas #1
We have discussed many new ideas within class and online. It is very interesting to discuss these new ideas about new technology and how they affect our lives. I believe that there are many times in history when new technology changing the ways in which people understand their world. This is one of those times and I believe that it will not get any easier. In the past our tools have made our lives easier. They still do but they also make it much harder at the same time. We have to constantly learn how to use new technology. It is not that we can accept this fact but that we have to which is scary.
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I think it is up to the "user" to slow down the technologies at this point. For example, I have noticed one of my brothers trying to resist the amount of technology that is around. When he is up for a cellphone upgrade he gets the cheapest thing just to make phone calls. He refuses to have the internet right there in his pocket. He would prefer to be outside than in front of the computer, and feels guilty when he plays video games. It's apparent he's bombarded with technology and is trying to get away from it. Perhaps we need to stop giving in to the newest "toy" and just use what we have..let's save our mula!
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