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Monday, October 5, 2009

did you know?


This video is similar to the one played for engineers at the beginning of the school year. It shows how quickly technology is evolving, and how we are the ones changing it.
It seems that it will soon overpower us, and yet we are allowing it to do so, we are basically creating and improving what is controlling us.
This video shows a technological determinism, yet it shows the positive side, and speaks favorably of it. In fact, it asks what should "we" do in the face of these changes, not how should we make these changes suit us...

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