Saturday, January 22, 2011

I WONDER...ABOUT THE LIFE OF A CYBORG



I think the main reason that I like this video so much, is because people make a big deal about how technology is ruining us; how it's ruining or bodies, our brains, our lives. First, their is no possibility that technology is ruining our lives. No one MUST use a cell phone, Facebook, or any kind of technology. We decide the technology we use and if we will let it ruin us, and that is what this charming woman is warning us of.
Secondly, technology isn't ruining our brains, it's changing them. With the great influx of information we are smarter now than we have ever been before, and this is why our connectedness to society is a wonderful thing. We are not limited to the number of books we have in our homes or local libraries; we are not limited to local news; we have options and possibilities, so our only opponent for knowing more is time.
We're different now, but we are not worse than our ancestors- with technology, we are better.

1 comment:

  1. I am extremely prous od myself- I saw a video BEFORE you blogged about it. *pride and a strong feeling of accomplishment*

    Making us better? I don't think so entirely. Ask your parents what diction was like when they were kids. Just colloquial diction.

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