Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Information Technology-Ancient Futures
In viewing the video about the Ladukh people, it reminds us of times we have heard about from our grandparents or other relatives and friends when there was no public transportation, no tv, just people who worked hard all day together, who had dinner together, lived together and slept together with low or no crime rate and surrounded by other families and good neighbors. Today some of us don't know our neighbor's name, we have cars and jobs, so we drive ourselves in cars to the jobs we have leaving no real time for bonding with family or talking with your neighbors. The opportunity to physically communicate with family and friends and build relationships of any kind are limited specifically due to technology. We recognize it now, but what and when will we do something about it.
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I believe that technology perpetuates the impersonal behavior that we exhibit daily as you have indicated. I think one way to make a difference is one person one day at a time. We are responsible for our own behaviors at a minimum. We influence others that we come in contact with daily. This we can do on a personal level. On a professional level, we can arm ourselves with knowledge and become advocates for what we believe is right. We cannot wait for others to do our bidding for us. That is my two cents, and I'm sticking to it:)
Hi Brenda,
Your comparison of our lives today to that of the Ladakhis was very accurate. I feel that we just go about our daily lives "tending to our own business" as we might say, and never even think about things that we are missing and our our lives might be better or richer (not in monetary terms). I actually thought I was handling life and its opportunities, lemons, and curves pretty well. I was completely oblivious to the negative impacts of technology. And though I have had some frustrations, several of which I have mentioned in class, I never thought these were some things about which I needed to seriously consider doing something. I can say that I have a whole new outlook. Even though I have more "things" now, can get "it" done faster, and have a little more financial resources that I've had in the past, I think I would seriously consider giving up a lot of it to get some of the things back that "used to be."
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