The video, Web 2.0… The Machine is Us/ing Us, by Michael Wesch, shows the effect of digital text and the web. One of the points the video made was that digital text is more flexible, moveable, and “hyper,” meaning that digital text can link or jump anywhere at the click of a button. Part of the presentation of the video even created a fast hyper vibe. He states that when one types, links, tags, or posts, one is teaching the machine. Another point the author makes is that the web is no longer just linking information, but goes on to say its linking people by sharing, trading, and collaborating. His last significant point identifies that society needs to rethink some things like legal issues, ethics, personal relationships, because of digital advancements.
The title of the video, Web 2.0… The Machine is Us/ing Us, insinuates, or infers that the so-called “machine” is just as smart or smarter than us (people). I think that because people were the ones who created the computer, it cannot be smarter than them. This reminds me of the debate I often hear about whether calculators are smarter than people. Computers are dependent on the user because without them, they are just as smart as the person who programmed them.
I think this video is similar to our prior Google blog. They both strongly suggest the idea that the more linking, sharing, trading, and collaborating between people, the better. But if that’s the case, then why do we have cyber bullying, or unethical events of social networking that have come about because of digital advances.
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