Summary: Backup Education?
As technologies get broader and broader applied to our life, the conflict between the old and the new, the conservative and the adventurous tensioned. It is common to see a crowd of aged people mocking on how people are relied on technologies, and sighing as if they see the end of the world. The conflict … Continue reading
Summary: Technological Somnambulism
People are getting used to new technologies every single day, in agreement with the description that invention is the only force that can push civilization forward. Technologies are designed and built in the aim of helping people. It seems perfectly correct to rely on technologies; however, as Langdon Winner argued in his article Technological Somnambulism, … Continue reading
Rhetorical Analysis: Bootleg Culture
As technologies spread, bootlegging, along with many other new ways of entertainment, is widely popularized and accepted. However, some authorities or powers stand against this trend of public entertainment. As an advocator of bootleg culture, Pete Rojas argued in his essay Bootleg Culture that bootlegging is a social promoter in art. To dissuade people from … Continue reading
Summary III: In Defense of Piracy
With technologies advanced and publicized, it is getting easier and easier for one to create new works from existing pieces. However attractive and thrilling this convinience seems to regular citizens like we are, manufacturers are trying hard to cut off this nightmare. At the same time, our law system does not catch up that this … Continue reading
Summary II: Bootleg culture
Bootlegging, or simply “remixing”, is a new trend of art production that swipes through the world. It is easy to do and fun that it gains surprisingly increasing popularity. However, for basically the same reason, it remains controversial that it wanders around the border of legality and illegality—it is creative but lack originality. Bootlegging is … Continue reading
Summarizing: Someone to Watch Over Me
Obession, addiction, escaping and avoiding, as Stites reveals, people’s attitude towards online communities varies. Getting involved in dozens of networks, constantly checking the websites for new posts and comments, keeping an eye on others’ shared life while hiding behind the distance of telecommunication, people are enjoying such virtual socializing that everything is artificial but perfect. … Continue reading
Intro Blog Entry
I can only read functions not fictions. I cannot focus on artistic words. I never get a character’s emotion flow by intuition (neither can I get a girl’s). I am Qianchi Yang. People paint me as a science geek. My scores stay among the highest five of on-class composition. My travel notes and other articles … Continue reading
Summary: The Internet: Foe of Democracy?
To the public, the Internet, as well as many other technologies that promote communication, is thought to be building up a democratic atmosphere. However, as Sunstein pointed out, the Internet is actually polarizing the democracies. Sunstein argued that while exposing the readers to “diverse topic and points of view”, technologies provided a space for people’s … Continue reading
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