As I said in class, I'm going to be focusing on technology, both the promise of technology and the reality of technology as something that's always near but never really obtainable. I will focus on my own yearning for the i-Pod, as well as a friend of mine who considers himself among the "Transhumanists"- essentially, a group of people who look up to technology as a utopian answer to all the world's problems much in the same way Marxists do Communism and Christians do Christianity.
My description of the i-Phone will be decidedly idealistic, which I hope will juxtapose nicely with the Transhumanists description. I don't have an i-Phone myself, which makes me an apt candidate for praising the merits of something that hasn't happened yet.
My overall "goal" is to present Technology not as a "thing" but an "idea" and a positive-though-flawed "system of belief" to which we've all already opted-in.
My description of the i-Phone is the overall belief held by most people about technology. I'm basically making myself out to be the voice of everyone- the person who wants something new and knows it's going to be great, even though it hasn't happened yet. I'm ignorant, yet optimistic.
I'm looking for a lot of feedback. Mainly, people's experiences with technology, how they feel about it in a general sense, and whether they have any stories about it. I also would like to be told if anyone feels like my topic is confusing.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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