Sunday, January 24, 2010
Is tuning out an option?
In Diane Adam's most recent post, she commented on people's increasing dependence on the Internet for financial assistance, communication, and creation. She then questioned whether or not, in such a technologically connected world, tuning out is an option. I believe that technology has provided people with an increased ability to tune out the world. By simply turning off the computer, phone, or blackberry, one can easily tune out the world. Technology has provided people with the choice to "tune in" if and when they want to.
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I would definitely agree with you about this, Jen. We saw this pronounced with the iPod earbud phenomenon. When I read Diane's post, I saw more a questioning of whether or not we can tune out technology, and that I'm not so sure about. Yes, technology allows us to escape the here and now (though to go where, and is this really escaping?), to go "invisible" in the world (This is even an option on messaging programs, to be online but invisible!), but can we escape technology?
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