We focused on a lot of literature that is futuristic examples of how our society may turn out to be someday. I feel shameful at the thought that if technology keeps improving we will become even more lazy and socially inactive. I can only hope that the events that occured in some of the literature we read does not become a reality. The day when we become only reliant on our feeds (computers), burn books, or lose our rights like in 1984.
I truly believe that all great civilizations or countries/empires come to an end at some time and I hope it never happens to the United States, but it won't surprise me if it does. Basically since we have been reading this literature I have been responding by thinking what if this happens and then I started to think when will this happen.
A lot of people will struggle once all of the resources available now are gone. Ever since I started critically thinking about our material I have thought about what I will do. I plan on living in the country with my family and becoming self efficient. We already are self reliant by having our own garden and providing our own food through hunting and fishing. I feel I may be prepared for the worse, but others will not be as lucky.
I'm not just giving up on society though. In fact I plan on trying to give back to society and educate by becoming a secondary teacher. After this class I have the desire to do that even more now and to maybe bring up some of the topics we have discussed in our class. After all the students I will be teaching are the future of our society.
In conclusion I feel that we talked about a lot of topics that we live our lives by today. Technology and the media are such a big part of our lives that its disappointing to see us become lazy and unsocial at times. Or if we do socialize it is only through techonology. What ever happened to enjoying nature and other activities outside with family or friends. All I can say is I hope others in our class thought about some of our topics and maybe want to change something that may be lazy or taken for granted. We can change so that and we can be a successful society for a long time, but i'm afraid if we keep going down this path that it could lead to many of the topics we have discussed.
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Justin, I really like the points you make! In my blog, I said this class was a reality check and we do need to change our ways. I completely agree with you! It's sad to think how lazy our society is and how the evolution of technology has steered us away from nature and what we really should value in life. We do need to appreciate what we have, savor it, and help provide a better future for the rest of the population of the US and even world.
ReplyDeleteJustin, it is sad how "lazy and unsocial" we as a society have become. I like the point that you made about how if we do socialize it is through the use of technology. There was a special on tv that caught my eye that was about how global facebook has become. They also talked about how this social network has redefined what we consider a friendship today in our society. Hopefully we won't continue down this path of destruction and instead change our ways just as you said.
ReplyDeleteYou make some great points! If technology does keep improving, we will probably turn out to be more "lazy". I thought many of the themes we talked about reflect our society today! We are foreign to the "natural world" and we are only getting closer to technology and its not exactly such a great thing. I agree, we need to focus more on the important things on life like our families and friends.
ReplyDeleteI really like some of the points you made in this blog, and I think the pictures illustrate them well. I, too, hope the things depicted in our novels do not come true. I think we do take a lot of things for granted, and if we continue to do so, the events from the books could occur. Hopefully, people start to realize what this world is coming too, and they make some changes for the better.
ReplyDeleteYou made some very interesting points in this blog. The pictures made a very good connection with what you were trying to do. Technology will most likely keep improving and I feel the need for books will diminish. We are lazy now but I can't wait to see how lazy we'll end up in the near future. It's sad to think about but it's so true.
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