In the book Programmed Visions Wendy Chun explains how the use of technology has become part of how we view ourselves and the world. I thought it was interesting when she mentioned how we view things such as molecules and senors in the human brain as software, and physical things in nature as hardware. I think with her saying this really shows how much that we let technology dictate how view the world even before these imaginary and invisible systems were created.
When do you think we will go too far with technology to where we can’t tell it apart from real life, or will we be consumed by the invisible existence of software and use that as our reality?
In the Team Human podcast, there was a lot of discussion to further drive home the point that humans’ feelings and emotions are starting to become more similar to how technological systems work. There was a lot in this podcast that I go agree with. We rely on these systems for human connection and interact when it’s not enough to have these connections, so they basically become artificial. It’s almost like humans becoming the machines.
Is there a way we can spread awareness about this to people?
In the excerpt from How to be a Geek by Matthew Fuller, he explores the ideas of the people who are geeks are the ones that control how technology and the money behind our technology and the money that is made from it. He mentioned how this is a thriving time for geeks because they are so invested in it. I think that this is true, the people who are really into the ideas of these systems are the ones who are in control,. But they like to play it off as if they aren’t part of these systems or they don’t have as much power as they actually do.
How can we not let the power of these geeks control just about everything we do?
The article written by Soren Pold explains how the meta interface affects us more than most people know. We think that we are just interacting with the interface and that there is no relationship between us, but that is not the case. The interface is actually noticing us and is interacting with us, which is something that can be pretty detrimental.
How do we get people to care about how their privacy isn’t well protected?