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It is interesting how nerds have become rather romanticized today, which is kind of what Ross was hinting at during his piece. However a problem with the romantization is the nerds tend to lead boring lives. Even the writers of the Social Network (some famous movie about facebook... never heard of it ;D) admitted to changing parts of Zuckerberg's life to make it seem more interesting on the silver screen. Yet we still are fascinated by these people, maybe it is because of the amount of time and dedication they put in to learning what most seem as extremely complex. Whatever the case computers have changed how we think and interact with the world. It has made us more connected with other people miles away, but at the same time it has made us more disconnected from those with out the internet. I think the NY Times slideshow showed that disconnection taking place. We give these computers to people in Africa, yet they don't use them in ways that we expect. They don't see as much value in the connection it brings compared to the money they can make from the parts. (It kind of reminds me of when the Europeans tried introducing their technologies to the Native Americans...)I guess it is another example of how sometimes people don't use inventions the way you expect them to. Just the way that computers weren't meant to be personal... - Jenn | It is interesting how nerds have become rather romanticized today, which is kind of what Ross was hinting at during his piece. However a problem with the romantization is the nerds tend to lead boring lives. Even the writers of the Social Network (some famous movie about facebook... never heard of it ;D) admitted to changing parts of Zuckerberg's life to make it seem more interesting on the silver screen. Yet we still are fascinated by these people, maybe it is because of the amount of time and dedication they put in to learning what most seem as extremely complex. Whatever the case computers have changed how we think and interact with the world. It has made us more connected with other people miles away, but at the same time it has made us more disconnected from those with out the internet. I think the NY Times slideshow showed that disconnection taking place. We give these computers to people in Africa, yet they don't use them in ways that we expect. They don't see as much value in the connection it brings compared to the money they can make from the parts. (It kind of reminds me of when the Europeans tried introducing their technologies to the Native Americans...)I guess it is another example of how sometimes people don't use inventions the way you expect them to. Just the way that computers weren't meant to be personal... - Jenn | ||
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| + | I feel like these people were trying to map uncharted waters in a way. There are both the technological and physical viruses that are trying to be understood, and all the while, the public watches. So everyone is hyperaware of these viruses as experts try to learn more. Here's this new, awesome technology that was just made public not too long ago, and now the public has to worry about the spread of technological viruses... and physical viruses, too. What did Americans learn about sex and computers in this time period? Always use protection. --Stephanie Lipscomb | ||
