{"id":12029,"date":"2020-08-30T20:24:16","date_gmt":"2020-08-31T00:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd200\/?p=12029"},"modified":"2021-08-23T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T14:36:47","slug":"journal-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolineblais.net\/nmd200\/journal-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Journal 2"},"content":{"rendered":"

All media work us over completely. They are so pervasive in their personal, political, economic, aesthetic, psychological, moral, ethical, and social consequences that they leave no part of us untouched, unaffected, unaltered. The medium is the message. Any understanding of social and cultural change is impossible without a knowledge of the way media work as environments. All media are extensions of some human faculty \u2013 psychic or physical.-Marshall McLuhan<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Part One<\/h4>\n
Based on your class work, try to pick some quotes\/ideas that taught you the most during this exploration of the internet, and then articulate what you learned. \u00a0Pick at least 2 quotes from the Edge Experts<\/a> and\/or the other readings that resonates with you.<\/div>\n
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Create a post in which you\u00a0copy the quote (use the “quote” formatting–just after the lists buttons above), like this:<\/div>\n
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Although we created it, we did not exactly design it. It evolved. Our relationship to it is similar to our relationship to our biological ecosystem. We are codependent and not entirely in control…We are now all connected, humans and machines. Welcome to the dawn of the Entanglement.” (W. Daniel Hillis \u00a0 251)<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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Then or each of your two quotes, answer the following:<\/div>\n
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  1. Context: Explain the context of the article<\/li>\n
  2. Claim: Describe what the quote is claiming.<\/li>\n
  3. Comparison: Compare the quote to actual examples you have encountered and “test” out its accuracy. Is it always true? Just sometimes? For certain people (under 10 yr olds)? Certain situations?<\/li>\n
  4. Knowledge: Explain how this quote increases your understanding of yourself, \u00a0your culture, and the tech you are using.
    \nIn other words, how do choices in all thee areas lead to good or bad effects?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Some inspiration:<\/h4>\n

    The Internet has changed the way we make decisions. More and more, it is not individual humans who decide but an entangled, adaptive network of humans and machines. \u00a0(W. Daniel Hillis \u00a0229)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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    Speed plus mobs. A scary combination. Together, will they seriously reduce the accuracy of information and our thoughtfulness in using it? Somehow, we need what taking our time used to give us: thinking before we talk and questioning before we believe. I wonder\u2014is there an algorithm perking somewhere in someone\u2019s head right now that can act as a check against this growing hastiness and mobbiness? (Alan Alda p. 291)<\/p>\n

    I notice that I correspond with more people but at less depth. I notice that it is possible to have intimate relationships that exist only on the Net and have little or no physical component. I notice that it is even possible to engage in complex social projects, such as making music, without ever meeting your collaborators. I am unconvinced of the value of these.\u00a0(Brian Eno p. 126).<\/p>\n

    I notice that more of my time is spent in words and language\u2014 because that is the currency of the Net\u2014than it was before.\u00a0( Brian Eno p. 126).<\/p>\n

    The Internet is the greatest sex education machine\u2014or the greatest pornographer\u2014that has ever existed. Having spent time teaching at a Muslim university, where the torrent of Internet sex was a hot topic, I would not underestimate its impact on traditional societies. There is a saying that rock and roll brought down the Soviet Union; once the Soviet subconscious had been colonized, the political collapse followed easily. The flood of utterly uncensored images of sexual pleasure that reaches every corner of the world is certainly shaking the thinking of young men and women in the conservative societies I\u2019ve worked in.\u00a0(A Anderson p. 210).<\/p>\n

    You can also search Brockman’s book or the Internet for your own relevant quote–just cite it in a way that I can easily find it.<\/p>\n

    Brockman, John. Is the Internet Changing the Way You Think? (Edge Question Series) . HarperCollins e-books. Kindle Edition.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n