I want to address the question you pose in the final blog post section of the Media Law and Lit blog in which you ask if we believe technology is taking up too much time in our daily lives. My answer to this would probably be yes. While I believe that I am justified in the amount of time I spend around technology due to being and school and my chosen major (game design), looking back on it, technology probably does play too big of a role in my life. However, one thing that helps me combat this is that every summer and winter I am able to take a trip to my grandparents' house in upstate New York. The house is far enough in the middle of nowhere that there is no cell service and the wifi there is typically not the best. The few weeks a year that I am there are a really refreshing reset and disconnect form the rest of the world. I am on my phone for maybe an hour total every day and spend the rest of my time having fun and spending time with my family. It is truly awesome to be able to completely unplug myself from the rest of the world and just enjoy time with my family and nature. Every year I find myself looking more and more forward to getting time to escape the technology filled real world
Daylan Weatherup Media Law and Lit Blog
Monday, December 12, 2022
Final Blog Post
Thursday, October 6, 2022
Blog Post #11: Someone else's EOTO 2
Blog Post #10: Age of AI
Wednesday, October 5, 2022
Blog Post #9: EOTO 2
Transhumanism
Transhumanism in its simplest form is a movement that pushes the study and research of human-enhancing technologies. These technologies would boost our sensory reception. First coined in 1957 by English philosopher and biologist Julian Huxley, Transhumanism is a relatively new idea when it comes to being mainstream. Although the term was first used in 1957, it wasn't until around 9 years later that Transhumanism would be first defined. The Great Encyclopedia Dictionary defined Transhumanism as surpassing, transcending, going beyond. However, even though the term was first defined in the mid 60s it wasn't until the age of the internet that the movement would really start to gain traction. The introduction of mass media and social media really gave the movement a boost when it came to spreading its ideals and beliefs.However, although it may sound great to increase our sensory ability (I mean who wouldn't want to live longer?), it raises some serious moral and ethical questions that we still don't really have the answer to. I want to reiterate a comparison I made in my presentation to the designer baby issue that is going on in China right now. Simply put, designer babies are babies whose genome has been altered or tampered with in order to give that baby more desirable traits (blue eyes, clear skin, etc). Not only is this procedure morally and ethically questionable, it's certainly not even close to being cheap. The augments that would appear with Transhumanism would fall under the same category. They would be morally and ethically questionable, and they would be anything but cheap. Many philosophers worry that the introduction of Transhumanism would only futher the already apparent gap between the rich and poor. Death, the only thing that money can't solve. Well, with Transhumanism maybe it can. Another really big problemthat would arise with the mainstream introductin of Transhumanism is the creation of what you could consider two entirely different species. It is likely that those who have been augmented by the developments of Transhumanism would consider themselves to be genetically and physically superior to those who have not been altered. There is a scenario in which the world becomes a sort of doomsday scenario in which the "superior" humans only marry eachother to try and keep their genes superior. And yes while all of this is a little far fetched, I do think it is more of a possiblity than people think if Transhumanism were truly to become the norm.
One last thing I want to talk about when it comes to Transhumanism is, at what point has modern medicine gone too far. The main purpose of modern medicine is to cure diseases and help prolong life. While it is obvious that modern medicine is an absolute blessing and it saves countless lives every single day, year, and month. I do think there is a limit to what should be done with medicine. There is a point, like I mentioned before, where everything starts to get a bit gray and we must question if it is really the correct path. At a certain point, we will need to come to terms with the fact that humans are not meant to live forever and that death is just a natural part of life.
Blog Post #8: Privacy
One of the main ways to protect ourselves from an invasion on our privacy is to limit our exposure of key information online. Try, when possible, to avoid entering your phone number, address, or any other key information when signing up for a new website or anything like that. Another easy way that we can protect ourselves online is to use a VPN. What VPNs do is they make sure your computer has a secure and encrypted connection to the internet anytime you browse
Blog Post #7: Diffusion of Ideas
Not only is VR exploding in the corporate world, but it is booming even more in the gaming scene. Some projections have the VR market growing from $7.92 Billion in 2021 to $53.44 Billion by 2028. One of the main advancements that is going hand in hand with VR's increasing popularity is cloud gaming. Cloud gaming in the next step in "next-gen" gaming. Cloud gaming is a type of "on-demand" gaming that allows the user to essentially stream a game to their console or PC. This makes it so that the user does not need to install the game on their local system in order to play it.
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
Blog Post #6: Someone else's EOTO
Final Blog Post
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