What I took away from the class

This class really brought to my attention how dependent we are as a country on technology and globally what we have done to ourselves. We can blame no one else but ourselves for constructing our society the way it is which is dependent on something that is going to kill us some day. The best way to describe it is a drug attic that is dependent on his drugs, that is what we have done is made it so our society (the drug addict) is dependent on technology (the drug). Before this class I guess it never really occurred to me how much of a problem this actually was. This class opened my eyes to the issue and honestly put some fear in me because I don’t know how and if it is even fixable.  The demise of our environment is certainly on its way unless we make significant changes.

Before you know it we will not care about reality we will be far more tied up in online worlds and our multiple identities or ourselves to care about how we appear in real life. We are so concerned with presenting our ideal selves online to other people that it is almost sickening. The reason we are able to do this is the amount of control we have over our presentations online we can literally post exactly what we want and how we want to appear. The study of these social networks and online dating sites has proven how common it is to show a false presentation of oneself over the internet. Seeing that we practically live in these online worlds this is pretty scary.

This class has really made me take a step back and look at myself in the mirror and make sure that I do not fall into the trap of becoming so in love and addicted to technology where I lose sight of what reality really is. After taking this class I am really going to try to change my approach to technology, I actually modified my face book and took most of the personal information that I have about myself on it off because I really don’t feel comfortable anymore with people constantly looking at my personal information every day. I also am never getting a new phone until my current phone is completely incapable of working anymore because there is no need to do so. I have severely cut back on my texting and when I am headed out to classes and to study I don’t even bring my phone with me anymore. It is actually quite funny to see people’s reactions when I see them and I don’t have my phone and they have been trying to contact me, people get pissed off and it just makes it more evident to me how much we rely on technology. I am glad I took this class because it really opened my eyes to a major issue and helped me learn about the up and coming of social networks and the power that lies within these different networks such as facebook.