If in our society we were to have feeds, I believe that the one created for me would have a lot of commercials for music, clothes, and books, and also a lot of news about politics and current events. Since they are able to purchase right from their feeds, I would most likely be in huge debt, and also want to buy even more because of the convenience. I imagine that my feed would include something similar to iTunes and the app Shazam combined, but in my brain. I would be able to find out what a song was as it was playing, and buy and download it right away. There would also probably be an iPod built into my feed. There would be some kind of Kindle-esque creation in my feed, and definitely some sort of television/DVR. Since I am very interested in politics, I would receive current event updates in my feed and various news channels and newspapers.
Although many people feel that the feed controls way too much of people's brains and gives corporations too much control, I believe that there are positives to having a feed. To be completely honest, and I am not proud of saying this, I would probably get a feed solely for the reason that "everyone else is getting them". Lame, I know, but I feel that if everyone else around me had this new technology that "totally changed their lives", I would want to know what they were talking about. Also, the feed does have some things that are good. For example, having education that is centered around your needs and what you are interested in is not a bad thing; I know that I could have lived a very happy, successful life without ever having to take a physics course. Furthermore, the feed allows people to stay updated with what is going on in the world and be informed. Considering majority of people in America have zero idea about what is going on in politics, maybe having the news sent to them wouldn't be a bad thing.
Friday, October 26, 2012
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
2nd 1984 blog
ARTICLE!!!!!!!!!
This article reminded me of some of the events that occurred in 1984, especially the message of an, in most people's opinions, innocent girl being shot for doing the right thing. From the international community, the girl in the article was awarded for her actions and verbalization towards equality. However, since the Taliban, the ruling "government" of her country felt that her ideas were corrupting towards the people and the ideology of their party, they hired a gunman to attack her in one of the most unsuspecting of places; the school bus.
Although many people are aware of the atrocities the Taliban has committed, they are the government figure of Pakistan nonetheless, and are supposed to be there to protect the people, not try to kill children on their way to school, the place where they can learn and feel safe.
In 1984 the government uses someone that Winston trusts, O'Brien, in order to inflict the greatest act of betrayal. Winston literally puts his life and all of his trust with O'Brien, thinking that he is doing what is right not only for himself, but for society as a whole, but in the end is killed, figuratively speaking (and possibly literally...?) by him and those who he was working for.
The point is, that in both of these situations someone has had faith in their actions and what they are doing to not only feel good about themselves, but to better society as a whole, only to be stabbed in the back by someone who is, in theory, supposed to be their leader.
This article reminded me of some of the events that occurred in 1984, especially the message of an, in most people's opinions, innocent girl being shot for doing the right thing. From the international community, the girl in the article was awarded for her actions and verbalization towards equality. However, since the Taliban, the ruling "government" of her country felt that her ideas were corrupting towards the people and the ideology of their party, they hired a gunman to attack her in one of the most unsuspecting of places; the school bus.
Although many people are aware of the atrocities the Taliban has committed, they are the government figure of Pakistan nonetheless, and are supposed to be there to protect the people, not try to kill children on their way to school, the place where they can learn and feel safe.
In 1984 the government uses someone that Winston trusts, O'Brien, in order to inflict the greatest act of betrayal. Winston literally puts his life and all of his trust with O'Brien, thinking that he is doing what is right not only for himself, but for society as a whole, but in the end is killed, figuratively speaking (and possibly literally...?) by him and those who he was working for.
The point is, that in both of these situations someone has had faith in their actions and what they are doing to not only feel good about themselves, but to better society as a whole, only to be stabbed in the back by someone who is, in theory, supposed to be their leader.
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