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Friday, April 1, 2011

The Machines Are Us/Using Us

When I viewed the video, I was profoundly moved. I had never thought of how easily things can be changed on a computer. Yeah, you can change things on a piece of paper by either using an eraser or using using white out. But, it's not the same; it comes out sloppy looking usually and takes awhile. With the computer it is nearly instantaneous and there is virtually no proof of what was once there. I believe that he named the video such because its easy how interchangeably these phrases are. We use the machines to get our work done or to communicate with others. However, the machines are using us to keep the world connected virtually.  In every way that we use the machines, the machines are using is exactly the same way. We are both equal parts of the equation. Without one, there cannot exist connectivity.

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