Thursday, November 14, 2013

Tools that Change the Way We Think

Passage from Dr. Preston`s post:

From In the Plex by Steven Levy (page 67) 

"Back in 2004, I asked [Google founders] Page and Brin what they saw as the future of Google search. ' It will be included in people`s brains, ' said Page. 'When you think about something and don`t really know muchabout it, you will automatically get information.'

'That`s true, ' said Brin. 'Ultimately I view Google as a way to augment your brain with the knowledge of the world. Right now you go into your computer and type a phrase, but you can imagine that it could be easier in the future, that you can have just devices you talk into, or you can have computers that pay attention to what`s going on around them and suggest useful information.'

'Somebody introduces themselves to you, and your watch goes to your web page, ' said Page. 'Or if you met this person two years ago, this is what they said to you... Eventually you`ll have the implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer." 

RESPONSE:
At first glance and some thoughts, the Internet seemed like a really good idea, especially after having included it into the first smartphones. The Internet is where it is a global library, where you can look up any records for a research paper available online and maybe print out some famous paintings from the cyberworld`s grand gallery choices. The Internet is also where you can buy whatever you may desire, from clothes to shoes to electronics and even pre-order food items that are needed in your refrigerator from your local supermarket to be shipped to your house no time flat. Some examples of online shopping are Amazon or eBay, or just search for your preferred retailer and possibly they will have items to be sold online. People now and before, have gone to the library once or more times to check out some kind of book, newspapers, articles, DVD`s, CD`s, and maybe a cassette. But the Internet has its flipside. The very well known hackers are people who get into the Internet mainframe and rearrange some codes or of the like to be rich or to cyberbully or to create a new identity for themselves to not get caught by the federal authority. The hackers are also who make it difficult to decide whether the Internet should be a "free" place to roam or be very enclosed and locked up very well. My suggestion is to for the government to hack into their mainframe and shut them down, so that way we can live in two "free" worlds, one virtual and one in the reality. 
The reason I have put the word "free" in quotations is because not everything is liberty or of no monetary value in this life. You have to realize that life isn`t handed to you on a silver platter. 

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