technology and religion reflection

The true religion for most people these days is technology. Not Christianity not Islam not Buddhism. Most people show much more devotion to their iphones than the God they say they worship. And it makes sense. while religion plays a important role in ones life, technology is such a versatile tool. The internet lets one have access to so much and makes life so much easier. Maybe We are losing touch with our spiritual side, but our practical life'd are strengthen quite nicely with APple and Microsoft products in the world. If its wrong or right only time will tell

final paper: Spirit in Technological Noise

AGF FInal Forrest jackson

The decision

Of course, this book isn't popular (at least in the eyes of our class) but Lanier does raise one point that is certainly worth noting, even if you don't like most of his ideas. Its in the very beginning of the book too: the reason why the internet is starting to control our lives is due to our indecision to choose between the real or ideal computer. As a result, we become locked-in, a term Lanier uses to describe how indecisive we are when it come to programming. New, ideal programs try to fit into the old real ones, trapping us in a sort of cyber jail. Now, of course some of the ideas in this book rub people the wrong way, but consider the aforementioned information. As there been any real strides in online progress. Sure a cool new social media website comes along every now and again, but one starts to feel like the internet is only limited to ads and whatever other time wasters. Everyone is too afraid to try and revolutionize old ways of programming, so they hesitate to make new things. Its quite a shame in in an era of technological flourish.

James Blake

A frequent leader in sonic innovation, James Blake has created electronic music from the soul. Using smooth edits, crazy bass lines and a mastery of electronic keys, the British artist's music has been described as a pioneer in post-dubstep, while still holding on to the core root of soul in his singing. With a soulful blend of music and electronic, Blake proves that technology and music certainly go well together. In this song "Why Dont You Call Me?", Blake emphatically pleads that the listener calls him what he deserves, a plea that sounds like he's in the middle of a bitter argument. The vocal delivery and light Piano keys in the beginning really give this song a somber touch. But high pitched voice edits, jarring cuts and sparse drums at the end give the song even more power, and throws the listener into the turmoil he feels

HTML project

Here it is, my attempt at a website http://mastafoo227.neocities.org/index.html

The Fake life of Facebook

The dominating social media platform Facebook makes the bold claim that the lives of our generation can be successfully represented and shared by means of Facebook. Zuckerberg's goal (and he's just about achieved it) is to make everyone's lives connected via the internet, and have that a normal part of human life. But is it genuine? Writer Zadie Smith doesn't think so. She clarifies herself though. It's not that Zuckerberg is some evil person too unconcerned to care about how our lives are captured online. That's only the sensational representation that hollywood has to shape out of his life in The Social Network. She realizes that he was only a kid who wanted to create something cool for people to freely represent themselves. But in making this website of freedom, he forgot to actually give us control, a core concept to allow freedom to exist. Facebook is too formulaic, and pushes people to only share certain things about themselves, or rather, the way in which we can express ourselves is very limited. This results in a seemingly wholesome, but limited representation of ourselves on the internet. And I think its true. My Facebook profile is only a sliver of Forrest Jackson: Just a slice of what I do, where I've been etc. But do to internet social repercussions and the websites own limitations, you can't see my true feelings, my thought processes, none of that. But will I delete it? Probably not.Facebook he created a "community" that has such a strong hold socially, that if my double life on the internet were to die, I would be missing a part of me, even it is fake... But perhaps, I'm just being a baby. Or maybe just part of a generation who can't handle the real.

Information or damnation?

http://youtu.be/corY-FZAZog Probably out of any other rapper, hip hop artist Lil B has used technology extensively to promote his music and connect with his fans. Throughout his solo career, he has put out thousands upon thousands (and i mean thousands) using multiple myspace pages and Youtube. His style and tone varies, sometimes its lazy and party-going (but mostly for satirical reasons, other times its hard hitting and poignant. either way, the "BasedGod" primarily uses the internet to get his quirky messages out. so its interesting that he released this song "Age of Information". Here, he questions how much technology really advances the human race, citing the prevalent hold of racism and hate throughout the world.But, despite these issues he voices, Lil B still certainly uses technology as his primary tool. I wonder if he truley sees the value in the technology he uses...