Interweb

In the beginning, the idea of having the internet even closer to your fingertips is a thrilling and exciting idea, being able to access everything by simply thinking about it. Think about it, no more school! Everyone could know everything about what was going on in the world, as well as having easier shopping! Connecting with any one of your friends in a split second and have them return to you in real time! Music and T.V. whenever, and wherever! All of that seems to be a good thing right? For a lot of things yes, it would be great. But on the flip side, the book feed talks about the fact that trees were cut down, and not just most of them or a lot of them, but ALL of them. The fact that when ever you saw the word cloud, it was always seen as Cloud™, showing that someone or some cooperation owned the clouds, they were probably fake. No trees, no clouds, there is one con. The fact that corporations run the world in the novel is an incredibly scary thought, the kids in the story didn’t have their parents around often due to the fact that they were working for big corporations that needed lots of little workers to keep the Feeds up and running. The idea of the eventual deterioration of Violet is also a frightening idea, the fact that the feed can in fact, well, kill. The truth of the matter is that the cons outweigh the pros as far as having that much information and capabilities right at your fingertips. Technology in general is something society couldn’t do without at this point, it has become a part of our daily lives, whether you turn the T.V. on in the morning to see the weather, use your computer/iPod for music, or use your cell phone everyday today’s society would not know how to function if technology disappeared for a day. Most people in America use their televisions, cell phones, and computers in the same day, and wouldn’t know how to do anything really without them. I think the point of the novel is that there does come many responsibilities with new technology, and the sheer fact that it can all to easily be too much too soon is a scary thought. Technology is something that needs to be regulated, to much and it can end up like it does in the novel, it can over load the senses and completely control society. To a point it already does, but currently at least people have the ability to turn off the computer/cell phone/television and walk away, if it is literally in your head then it becomes a little bit more complicated. All and all the idea is more so scary then exciting, I personally hope society doesn’t even come close to having this capability.