Monday, 8 August 2011

I ASK YOU OF THE PAST, TO LEAVE US ALONE

We are a generation of technical brilliance. There is no software mountain we cannot climb, no river of information streams we cannot cross, no tornado of website crashing we cannot withstand. We are invincible. But in this world of technological turbulence, our bodies do not exist. We are all nodes in the cycle that is cyberspace, but we have no real identity- we are everyone and we are noone.





  Barlow's 'A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace' explores the ever- growing idealogy that we are creating a world "where anyone, anywhere may express his or her beliefs, no matter how singular, without fear of being coerced into silence or conformity" (Barlow, 1996). Our governments of a generation passed our own are "immigrants" to our world. They are working for industries that will soon suffer obsolescence as we merge into this technological revolution.

It seems that now the intangible is of more value than the tangible world. Because the intangible can exist in any time, or any place without being touched or tampered with. "Information, relationships, copyright, entertainment, securities, and derivatives" (Kelly) have merged together to create a new economy of networking and sharing of information, of greater importance than any agreement or regulation put in place by governments.

Are we slaves to technology, or is this highly technical economy the result of our own creation?
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3 comments:

  1. matt korvin8 August 2011 at 20:23

    Em your introduction is so good!!
    I also agree with your point 'intangible is of more value than the tangible world'. For instance, if you look at many of the industrial companies, it is the intangibles that are running the tangibles. The kelly reading refers to this as the soft world commanding the hard world.

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  2. Samuel Findlay12 August 2011 at 03:46

    I agree with Matt, your introduction is really good. I also thought you ended this post really well. I personally think this highly technical economy is the result of our own creation, but I can certainly see reason to how we are slaves to technology. It's a tough one.

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  3. Fergus.C14 August 2011 at 02:04

    Good read right there!
    Are we slaves to technology... this is a difficult question. Can we, now, live without it and still maintain the same standard of life...no. Would the economy of our creation suffer if technology were to dissipate...yes. We are slaves to technology, but it is a submissive slavery, we chose to let it make life easier... or so we think. Realistically I would say this 'highly technical economy' has made the world turn faster. Maybe we need to dial it down a notch, but gosh darn it...we just don't know how to.

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