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Weblog 9/27- http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/technology-is-not-the-answer/73065/

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/03/technology-is-not-the-answer/73065/

What I got out of this article is that technology can be used to make certain things that are possible without technology better, and things that aren’t possible without technology that is still very difficult to make happen.  In other words I think what the writer was trying to say is that technology is great and has its purposes, but it cannot solve every problem in the universe.  There is a graph in this article that I thought was quite interesting.  It shows that with the increase in technology, the increase in poverty rates also increase.  What I got out of this graph is that even when we bring technology into areas of poverty, the rate of poverty does not change the rate of poverty in the United States.  I would have thought, prior to looking at this graph that the poverty rate would have dropped with the advancements of technology.  I am extremely surprised that this is the case not only from a technology standpoint, but just because I thought we would have a better idea of this problem of poverty.  Poverty is a different kind of problem than say something like robberies in the United States or a network not being on a certain cable provider.  What I mean is robberies are definitely important and something to look to stop, but I think that poverty affects the whole world.  I think that poverty is a very important issue.  However, I do think that technology will have some kind of role in the rate of poverty in the future.

 

9/20 Weblog-http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/the-twitter-effect-how-social-media-changes-the-news-narrative179/

http://www.pbs.org/mediashift/2011/06/the-twitter-effect-how-social-media-changes-the-news-narrative179/

The second part of this article really interested me the most because I sort of have a connection to this subject.  The same reason that this article writes about is why I do not have any sort of social media.  I think that social media can be cool, interesting, and useful, but I believe that it does more harm than good especially when things can be so distorted and become a totally different story.  I remember when Ryan Dunn had died and I do believe that twitter and social media had spread the word incorrectly, and this lead to some very cruel and offensive things that were said by famous people.  Roger Ebert, a famous film critic even tweeted," Friends don’t let Jackasses drink and drive,”.  Obviously, it was supposed to be a joke, but I guarantee that this guy would never say this to one of Ryan Dunn’s friends or family members face.  So I think that twitter and all other social media enables us to act differently than we would in real life and I think it can will continue to lead to people saying things that they definitely regret putting out there for the whole world to see forever.  I think that most of the time people do this without thinking and it can be a true mistake, but I also think that other people do put things out there simply because they can and I don’t think that it is right to take advantage of the power of the internet and social media.  Because that I think I will become a different person in the social media world I will try not to get involved as much as I can. 

                                                                                R.I.P. Ryan Dunn

Group Six Questions

1.)  Do you think that democracy is essential here in the United States?  Why or why not?

2.)  Why do you think that democracy has been altered or changed over time?

3.)  How or what would happen to make democracy "look" or seem bad?

Weblog A-1 E-Waste from greenpeace

I'm doing my assignment on the e-waste article/ video because I am familiar with the topic and wasn't really surprised by what goes on with this stuff.  I am mostly not surprised because I have already done projects, readings, essays, and everything else about e-waste and how bad it really is.  What I don’t understand is how this happens when there are blatant facts that this will not only affect the people doing this and their life longevity, it will also harm people miles down the road.  From what I have read in previous classes, the chemicals and toxins that are released can condensate and go into the ground through rain showers miles away, meanwhile destroying the atmosphere and contaminating the water cycle everywhere.  With all of that being said, there is really no way other than to do this that would make sense economically.  I think that the best option is to take all of the “recycled” electronic items and to send them to “actual” recycle plants where people are paid to create new devices, hard drives, cameras, cell phone parts, and whatever else and then take them to a Best Buy or HHgregg and sell those as refurbished items.   I believe with today’s technology this is possible, (not really sure), but even if it was possible, it would never happen because it is simply easier to send it off to some place where children are exposing themselves to poisonous gases, burning our mess to make $1.50 a day.  I still don’t like to believe that this goes on, but the more I think that, the more I see it in articles.  

 

 

 

 

 

http://e-wasteonline.com/

Questions

1.)  Anthony Joseph Marinucci, Euclid, Ohio, amarinucci17@jcu.edu
2.) AJ
5.) I think we all need to be respectful.
6.) The car, it is the best source of transportation and has been around very long and I don't
7.) Computer, Toaster, Fridge, Air conditioning
8.) I really am not experienced with any of the following choices( I don't even have any social media), so I guess that I would be a 3??? in that category
9.) Why did you choose this class over the other ones and I think it would be interesting to know where everyone is from?

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