The Machine is Us/ing Us
Final Journal
I wrote an article about this for the newspaper. =)
Where do I start? You know, a long time ago, a Scottish philosopher said that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men". Today's society would've just shoved his words down his throat, eh? But why? Why are normal people so important? What's changed?
Everything!!!
Look at the internet and how much it has changed over the years. World Wide Web? It doesn't exists anymore. Like dial-up, the World Wide Web is obsolete. Many years ago, the World Wide Web was created to exchange information. Simple, right? The exchange of information.
Edward: "Oh, I have this data."
Jasper: "Ohh, but I have this data!"
Edward: "Wow, lemme have your data!!!"
Jasper: "Okay, but you gotta share yours."
Edward: "DEAL!"
Funny how in this day and age, the term "information exchange" does not exist anymore. The World Wide Web doesn't exist anymore either. Why? Because with the dawning of Web 2.0, you're not just exchanging information and data, your connecting with other people, you're sharing your memories, and you're intertwining your fates with theirs.
You may ask: "AJ, what is Web 2.0?"
Then I'll reply: "(insertname), what is life?"
Why would I answer your question with a question like that? Simple, because Web 2.0 is something that has integrated itself so deeply into our daily lives, few of us realize it's even there. Don't see Web 2.0 as some sort of leech that you haven't noticed until now, but the air you breathe itself. It's everywhere, but you can't physically touch it. Like a life, you immerse yourself in Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 is in the YouTube videos, the Facebook profiles, the Blogger entries, the Wikipedia articles, and more. It's still going to keep on evolving too, because I bet that this is only the beginning. Some of us have only begun to realize that it's there, after all.
-AJ
I wrote an article about this for the newspaper. =)
Where do I start? You know, a long time ago, a Scottish philosopher said that "the history of the world is but the biography of great men". Today's society would've just shoved his words down his throat, eh? But why? Why are normal people so important? What's changed?
Everything!!!
Look at the internet and how much it has changed over the years. World Wide Web? It doesn't exists anymore. Like dial-up, the World Wide Web is obsolete. Many years ago, the World Wide Web was created to exchange information. Simple, right? The exchange of information.
Edward: "Oh, I have this data."
Jasper: "Ohh, but I have this data!"
Edward: "Wow, lemme have your data!!!"
Jasper: "Okay, but you gotta share yours."
Edward: "DEAL!"
Funny how in this day and age, the term "information exchange" does not exist anymore. The World Wide Web doesn't exist anymore either. Why? Because with the dawning of Web 2.0, you're not just exchanging information and data, your connecting with other people, you're sharing your memories, and you're intertwining your fates with theirs.
You may ask: "AJ, what is Web 2.0?"
Then I'll reply: "(insertname), what is life?"
Why would I answer your question with a question like that? Simple, because Web 2.0 is something that has integrated itself so deeply into our daily lives, few of us realize it's even there. Don't see Web 2.0 as some sort of leech that you haven't noticed until now, but the air you breathe itself. It's everywhere, but you can't physically touch it. Like a life, you immerse yourself in Web 2.0.
Web 2.0 is in the YouTube videos, the Facebook profiles, the Blogger entries, the Wikipedia articles, and more. It's still going to keep on evolving too, because I bet that this is only the beginning. Some of us have only begun to realize that it's there, after all.
-AJ
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