Back to my terminator comment, computers shall take over the world. Recently we have surpassed the age of technology and jumped head first into the actual computer and a virtual world or our own virtual reality or at least the start of it. We have begun to do everything online. We shop online, we pay bills online, we bank online, we get educations and degrees online, it’s like we don’t even need to meet up in real life anymore. And if we miss a person’s face or voice we can get that online too. We have become dependent on the internet and its magical powers. We no longer need to step out of our houses any more. We can work from home; we can order things to be delivered to our door. When we get lonely we can go to a dating site and meet a future spouse. When we get horny we can watch porn streaming straight from our computers. I agree with Lasn and Second Skin whether we like it or not our reality is slowly being stripped down to ones and zeros and turning that of the virtual variety. And these online multiplayer role playing games are just adding to our need to never leave the computer chair. We can have a source of entertainment, we can socialize, we can travel the world (real and imaginary), without buckling a single seatbelt. And for those people who may seem like real geeks to some of us can finally find their soul mate or their new best friend who understands them completely. And if they want to that and spend their hard earned money on a computer game than who am I to judge them. I personally am all about the tangibility of items, but that is just me. And that’s the point everybody is entitled to their own opinions. But once again back to the terminator and rise of the technology. We are slowly sinking into the roles of the computer sending out emoticons instead of actually feeling emotions and our computers are just continuing to advance and gain more intelligence. Oh, Arnold Schwarzenegger please save me from the human races demise!
Nice title! I didn't understand it until I read the ending. I liked all of your ideas about how technology is taking over in a way (so true). Also, I enjoyed the part when you said "whether we like it or not our reality is slowly being stripped down to ones and zeros and turning that of the virtual variety." I just really like how you went outside the box with this and thought of how with computers, characters are just combinations of 1's and 0's.
ReplyDeleteAnyways, awesome post!
Your posts are always rather interesting to read. They are very original. I would agree that technology is advancing at an alarming rate. We really do have access to almost anything we could want from our computers. Its sort of scary how the ways of our parents going to the library and looking through notecards for information in archives is obsolete. But I think this task may even be too much for Arnold Schwarzenegger to solve. We may need Superman.
ReplyDeleteI honestly look forward to reading your posts, they're so well written. I agree with what you wrote! I myself prefer non-virtual interaction and activities v.s virtual but out there are people who work so much more easily behind a computer screen. And who are we to stop them from being happy, doing what they enjoy most? Although I think we need to slow down all this technology nonsense quite a bit with limitations, people are very well entitled to buy whatever they want online, and I have been one of these people!
ReplyDeleteYour post are very interesting, i like that we have something in common and agree that one no longer has to " step out of their houses" as you would say and talk to people, that it all takes place on the internet, i agree and its ridiculous. great job thought !
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