ChittyChittyBangBang 2/28

Class on Thursday was really fun. I enjoyed breaking up into groups and then going around the room and sharing our groups ideas. Our group focused on the incredible advances in technology and what that could mean. We spent a lot of time discussing the new Wii remote as an example of this kind of phenomenon. The developments we are making and have the potential to create are kind of scary yet amazing. I don't want it to go too far though where everywhere is like Disney though and you can't tell what's a robot and what's a real person. The quote we chose was, "From the club that extends and replaces the arm to virtual reality in cyberspace, technology has evolved to mime and to multiply, to multiplex and to improve upon the real" (Poster 546).

I also found our discussion/debate about the internet at the end of class very interesting. People thought that there should be laws against certain obsenities or "inappropriate" topics on the internet. Although in theory I understand and it would be cool if everyone was nice i guess... But who gets to define what too extreme is? How can you decide where to draw the line? That would be like a slippery slope. Nomatter what it is, someone is always going to be offended. So in order to avoid that you would have to take just about everything out of reach on the internet. Not to mention the violations of the freedom of speech which is a huge part of the definition of America, what we've worked for, and what we represent.