1 ~Dreyfus consistently says throughout On the Internet that the drawback of the internet is that it doesn't give us meaning. But, really are we meaning seeking beings or is it just those crazy book people trying to view their lives as a giant allegory? I know that two of my friends stay on the internet until 3 a.m. most nights and are completely happy with their AIM interactions. As we said in class actions like going on the internet or watching "fair and balanced news" distract us from finding the true meaning in life. Even Borgmann talked about humans using their leisure time, which at one time enabled the Renaissance, to watch TV. It's relaxing for someone to come home after work and sit in front of the TV and not go out run. Are we really meaning seeking beings?
2~ Since history began humans have always assimilated to a conquering force. For example, when Rome fell all the people assimilated (for the worse) to Germanic culture and lost much of their knowledge for hundreds of years. Will we too willingly give over ourselves to technology, the conquering force? Will assimilation be the enabling force for humans to possibly become disembodied because technology is this conquering force, which stealthily attacks us like a monestrous Grendel without a Beowulf in sight? If your nuts like me and see everday events as symbolic of situations in books, it's worth noting that Roman culture was almost lost and Beowulf ended up dying trying to fight the assimilating forces (or in Beowulf's case fighting an assimilating force represented in the invading dragon), are we doomed to lose ourselves to technology too?
3 ~ Is sometimes not committing to causes a good thing? The news allows one to see everything that's going on in our country without having any committment to do anything about it. However, when I think of the Middle East, I wish that people weren't so committed to every small issue that comes up.
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