“Disruption is a Feature, Not a Bug.”
From the online article “Everything You Need to Know About the Internet”, I found the third section to be exceptionally interesting. The section stuck out to me initially because of the idea behind the...
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“…the world is not an imprisoning labyrinth, but a challenging maze, waiting to be solved by an appropriately organized and clever team effort…Knowledge is expanding, but life remains too short. Where...
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While reading the latest assigned pages, I came upon this: “…but I want you to notice first how hard it is for a person to realize how really unquestioning he is about the way he does things. Somehow...
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1968 to Present Day
The words move. Incredible, really. Upon the invention of the word processor, the concept that most people would have thought to be unattainable and outlandish suddenly became a reality. The idea that...
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What is it about words that makes us crave them so much? Mere sounds, when mixed properly, turn into a beautiful string of ideas and information that we latch onto and savor. Today, people claim to be...
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Picture the Connection
The introduction of a unique or obscure concept, creates: But after, people are generally: We see these expressions as ideas. But who in the world decided to put the word “skeptical” with Oprah’s face?...
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Schooling the System
So, I think that I am about to go on bit of a rant of a few different subjects, so my apologies in advance. The reading that we just did: Computer Lib/Dream Machines was so packed full of ideas and...
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Connections-Everything and Everyone
Why do we invent stuff? Why do we change the way we do things? In general, I think that we are attempting to optimize systems, in short, we attempt to make things easier, which allows us to be lazy....
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The Social Experiment
***The example that I originally used in this blog has been changed as of 2/28/13. I apologize that it was taken so offensively, and have therefore replaced it.*** During our discussion today, David...
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Laws, Morals, and the Imagination
“The Spectre is the Reasoning Power in Man, & when separated from imagination and closing itself as in steel in a ratio of the things of memory, it thence frames laws and moralities to destroy...
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Round and Round We Go, Where it Stops, No One Knows
As I sat in my room reading Laurel’s two pieces, I felt the pages of the book, saw the ink and the words, listened to music, and interpreted all of those words into ideas and thoughts. I thus, became...
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The Future of Media
While reading McCloud, it made me think about the future of media and the evolution of our relationship with it. As he points out, we are used to a very linear progression in things, left to right, up...
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Videos videos and…snapchat
“It is only very recently that the ability to forget has become a prized skill.” -Bill Viola I find this to be extremely interesting. In today’s fast-paced world full of work, social responsibilities,...
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From Locked Doors to Ladders
Flipping school on its head: that’s basically what Illich is suggesting in Learning Webs. How would people react? In all seriousness, though, what a huge change that would be for the world, but for...
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A Whole New [Virtual] World
In our time, we have seen the evolution of the virtual environment. As it has progressed, new ways of communication have also developed with it. This evolution to me, is the most important out of the...
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Idolization of the Elite, or are they?
“Morley, Bishop said, I may have the answer–the answer that you’re awaiting back at Earth. But I can’t tell it to you. It’s something that can’t be told. It’s a thing that each one must find out for...
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A New Mode of Information
Being an environmentalist at heart, I was drawn to the page “Ten Brighter Ideas” on Bret Victor’s site. I have seen most of the statistics that are presented on the page, but I have never seen them...
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Lack of Knowledge
In reading this last assignment, I realized how little I actually knew about computers and how the web actually works. For having been in our class that focuses on the use of technology (most...
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Design In….Everything
Recently, I have been reading a lot of articles and books on design and the effects it has. They have been really interesting. Design is an elusive thing. There are so many views and opinions on how...
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Adult Class…Take One
Meta games, meta levels, academic levels, life levels. All of those lines were crossed tonight. For the first time, vtclis13 was able to invade, as we call it, the adult class. We led the discussion on...
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