MVI_0496

MVI_0496
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when I saw my video, I thought that I looked really entertained. I was on the computer, my phone, and my ipod at hte same time. I do this everyday when I get home so it felt natural to me.

I think that if my children were to do this, I don't think it would bother me that much because I think that they are just experimenting with new things. I wouldn't let my kids use it excessively unless it is for homework or something important.

when using a device, I look kind of hypnotized. I think our minds switch modes and we become like zombies. I also think that when people see the digital device working, it gives people a great deal of interest in it.

I think that the wii is just a big excuse to seem like your improving yourself. they trick the public into buying things like this and it actually works. I guess the way that the wii was advertised was very exciting for people who play video games. Then again all the games on it like wii sports, prevents people from playing these sports in an outdoor environment. Now people can play tennis without sweating and with a bag of chips next to you. This gives people a reason to not be active.

response of a family member.

Brother: "I think that society will be fine if everyone used technology like i did. you don't see me beasting on the t.v or the xbox. I actually see daylight. i like to use gadgets, who doesn't? I think that the more things become improved, the more i'm going to want them and then maybe i won't want to leave the house."

my reaction: I thought his answer was plain. i expected him to say something like this because we always have these arguments on who uses the most electricity and that we should try and stop so that our bills won't be so high at the end of the month.

hw 4 triangular comments 1

Ean,I enjoyed reading your post. I liked jhow you said that people need to learn to step away and take a break from it.your thoughts about how things can be one sided was interesting because it made me wonder that maybew everything we hear or see can be ficticious and how it is just there to consume our minds and captivate us so we will contiue to buy, see, or listen to these things.i can connect your idea on things being one sided to a situation that i hear of all the time, gossip. gossip spreads through moistly everything. mouth, cellphone, email, and television. i think that this isn't good because it changes the ways thaat we think about certain situations.i think that one thing you should do next time to develop your ideas would be to explain more about how digital and electronic media is bad for us, and how it can promote things, such as violence or how it makes us become dumber.Your post made me consider that if people slowed down their use of electronics or timed their daily use, it would be beneficial to them and our planet. It's sort of like an every action has a reaction. if we use our devices a lot, the battery dies, we charge it, we consume more energy etc..i enjoyed your post and look forward to reading future posts you have.

HW 4 triangular comments 1

steph,I thought your post was good. I really like how you refer to the addiction to electronics as a barrier. I also like how you looked at the opposite side of the question and refered to electronic use as an expansion that it gives someone.the way that you said that our use of technology is a barrier, made me think that maybe it is closing us off from the world and that we are caged in and that everything that is important in life isn't paid attention to because we are in this digital state of mind.i like the perspective that you used. i liked how you didn't choose a side, but that you explained a bit about both negative and positive things. I think that was important because in life, people who make these products just care that you buy it because it's like once you buy it, the company owns you and you go back for more.i think for next time, you should try and answer the question about electronics corruptting our brains. I think you can have greater ideas on this topic that would make others think more.Your question made me think that my use of technology is corrupting me. i think that maybe I am kind of below or boarderline smart because I pay no attention to studying. only to things that are unimportant and dont help me in any way.Thanks and I look forward to reading future blogs of yours.

my thoughts on our digital use.

The generation that we live in now is addicted to digital things.Whether its a phone that we use or its a television. people have advanced over the yers and that has created the society that we live in now where parents can ask their children to set up their cable or their internet connection. Children today have become more technologically advanced. Now is when all of these viruses are spreading through our computers. When most people didn't own a computer, there were no harmful viruses spreading. i think now that all of these digital gadgets are coming out and spreading to younger kids, one day they will grow up to be kind of dumber in a way. Most devices that people use today think for us. Like on my remote that has a button that says last. if i change the channel and forget what channel i was on previously, pressing this button will switch the channel that i was watching previously. computers also have the ability to do this by correcting your spelling for you. i think all of this was made for the lazy generation which is what we live in today. i actually think one day our world will end up like the movie WALL-E. these companies just make new products that keep the money flowing to them. one day, people won't ever have to leave their homes. Now they have this thing where you can order food online! I really don't understand how someone is that lazy. Sometimes using a digital device is good. Like for me i can search a friend on Facebook that i haven't seen in years, and i can automatically see their profile and start sending them messages. I love that i can do that because it sometimes brings back memories for me and that's cool to me. i wonder sometimes what earth would be like without many of the devices we have today. maybe without all of these gadgets, we can slow down the rate of global warming. maybe people can save some money because i know now i am wasting some much money on my cable bill and its really stressful for my parents. i think i can save so much money if i didn't have half the gadgets that i have now. i think society will be destroyed one day in the future by someone who creates something that ultimately consumes us and keeps us as it's prisoners , kind of like in the movie I- robot. in the society we live in, a world without any digital devices would be chaotic. if someone were to take away all the devices that we use, our society wouldn't be able to function. our economy would fail. connecting with relatives or friends would be tougher. i think that the world was better when the digital era was in its infant stages. people were smarter. people went outside to socialize. now we have web-cams and instant messaging. as i said before, kids are becoming way too smart in this digital area and really not focused on any schoolwork. i think it is messing up our society.