Wild Card

Before this class I had never read a blog or had any idea on how to go about starting one. I remember that my sister’s ex-boyfriend said one day that I should read his blog, and I just thought to myself, “um I don’t think so, that’s kind’ve weird.” My conception of blogs at that point was that they were for weird computer people that didn’t have anything better to do with their time, and that it was for internet stalkers who couldn’t find any real people to communicate with. I just thought for some reason that that stuff wasn’t for me. To be honest it freaks me out a little to think that I can post something and anyone can read it and respond back. It makes me feel very vulnerable. When I think of the limitless amount of internet users it scares me, much like the sensation of looking out into to the ocean. I get a chill when I do that and think to myself how can something like this even exist. It is an “awe” moment and it is something in life that I will never truly fathom.
Being part of this class and having to write this blog opened my eyes to how blogs actually work. In reality only the people that know, or the people that are in your circle of friends, are going to end up reading your blog. In this case, that included my classmates, and a few of my friends who I had told it about. Random people never commented on my blog and I never had any weird posts to wake up to. This was a surprise to me and a relief.
However, I am surprised at how long it took me to actually visit a blog post and also to start one. It seemed like it was the thing to do a few years back, except I never hopped on that train. If it weren’t for this class the opportunity probably wouldn’t have presented itself. I think the cool thing now is becoming part of a social networking site and communicating who you are through those sites, and not so much blogs.
I liked the experience but I don’t think I will continue with my post after the class is over. It just isn’t really my style of communication. I would rather have instant responses like I do in Facebook, instead of having to wait around for someone to take a gander at my post. In addition I write a lot less on my social networking sites then I do on my blog. I like this because it takes less time to get the point across. Only when I am in a deep and contemplative mood would I want to post something on my blog.
With the invention of the computer and with the continued advancement of technology communication will continue to thrive through these apparatuses. Because of these things our culture will continue to move from the pen and paper to the keyboard and the touch screen. Pressure is put on society to learn how to use this equipment because big business profits from it, and the way our government is currently set up it supports big business. In addition our culture supports the growing use of technopoly because it makes things simple. I think that Americans in general are trying to find the quick way, the easiest way, and the most economical way to get things done. Computers allow this to happen. I think our society and culture is lazy and we can see that through the fact that Americans are the most overweight people and through the increasing dependency on technology. We don’t want to do things ourselves because we don’t want to think. I was listening to the radio and heard that our brains have actually gotten smaller and that they don’t weigh as much as they used to. This does not surprise me in the least.
With technopoly growing we can sit back and watch the machines do the work. It really is a genius system that we have created. But in the end I believe we only end up hurting ourselves.