Okay so I really don’t know which topic to write about so I might be a little unorganized. The video we watched on Friday was pretty crazy to think about. It listed a number of statistics, including one of my favorites, “by the year 2049 there will be a $1,000 computer that will exceed the knowledge of the whole entire human race”. So this brings up the questions, why do we need all this technology? What does it mean to our lives.. and the lives of future generations?
This can be explained by the idea that we have started a new era, an era of post-postmodernism. But does this mean were headed towards a world described in 1984 and Brave New World? I sure hope not. According to Dr. Alan Kirby this new era is called Pseudo-modernism. His article states that, “In postmodernism, one read, watched, listened, as before. In pseudo-modernism one phones, clicks, presses, surfs, chooses, moves, downloads”. The lifestyle of Americans has changed drastically. It has evolved into a technologically centered world, and now everyone is pretty much dependent on electronics. I mean I know for me I could survive without my computer, phone, and internet. But I definitely wouldn’t want to. The amount of information and stimulus we receive is almost overwhelming. Dr. Kirby talks about how this shift in our culture, “I believe there is more to this shift than a simple change in cultural fashion. The terms by which authority, knowledge, selfhood, reality and time are conceived have been altered, suddenly and forever”.
I’m not sure if this progression is good for society, especially if were going to end up in a Brave New World state. But overall I think the growth of technology is inevitable. No one is going to be able to stop the research and development of new things so we have to continue to adapt and change culture.
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It seemed pretty organized to me! I really like the idea that you brought up when you asked the question as to why we need all of this technology. It really made me sit and think about the same question. The way i see it is that most people already cannot keep up with the modern technology we have right now so why should we do things past what the human race is even capable of comprehending? I am alos with you in the same way whne you don't want our world to end up in the same state as 1984 or Brave New World. Although i am stongly not for this way of society, you never know what our countyr, or our world for that fact, may end up as with Barack Obama as president!!!! hahahahaha!!! Good blog!
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