The Future
Topics that have been brought up in this class have made me ponder about
what the future of media and technology will be. I was talking to my boyfriend
about what we thought would be the next step with social media and we both had
the idea about 24-hour live video streaming. I think the problem people would
have with that is that it wouldn’t be as easy to filter themselves (only showing
what they want people to see about themselves). But, on the other hand, it
would probably be less permanent.
This topic also makes me think about what would happen if there ever was
an apocalypse- especially if in the future the world is ever all “futuristic”
like we portray it to be in movies. As things become more and more dependent on
technology and people learn less and less how to do things themselves, if
things were to crash, people would panic. I think one way that we are starting
to see this push is with wearable technology such as the Google glasses and
cell phone watches. It will be interesting too see how long it takes for these
types of items to expand and for them to become more ubiquitous as people get
more comfortable with the idea.
I did a Google search to see what others are saying about this topic and
I found one interesting article that was done this March by USA Today. It talks
about another Harvard student who came up with a new idea for social media
called Spayce. It revolves around the idea that people are always interested about what's going on around them or as he put it, "'capturing the moment.'" He had this to say about it, “’We want to show you wherever you are,
what’s happening around you and who’s around you.’”
As many interesting things as there are that we can imagine, I’m definitely
skeptical like many people about the horrible things that could happen. (I was
just thinking last night about how much better I could sleep if I could
transform my room into any scene such as a rain forest- this happened in a scene
in the Hunger games). My boyfriend was one of those people who took a while to
get a smart phone and ever since he upgraded it seems like he’s always on it. What’s
especially frustrating is that he will be so wrapped up in whatever he’s
reading or doing that I often can’t get him to pay attention when I need to
tell him something.
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