The first blog I commented on was Nonie's which discussed the interplay between nature and technology. Our discussions in class always negatively connoted technology but her blog post made me take an equally cynical stance of nature. It also made me imagine the similarities between two concepts that normally seem at war with one another.
Nonie
I like the dialectic between nature and technology. Often I have imagined these as opposites but in the scenario of the Matrix I can see how they can play off each other.
It is sort of like when people want what they cannot have. In nature they are pine for technology and security. When surrounded by technology they pine for nature and freedom.
Also, ultimately technology has become so advanced and intertwined that it is a huge network. Nature is also a huge network where each individual thing relies on the other in a huge complicated system.
The introduction of the idea of human nature is also interesting. It is a pretty abstract concept and in a scenario of the Matrix I think that the individual's decision is tentative. However, I think the factors that influence human decision making are things like technology and nature around us.
In my personal experience I have not spent as much time in nature as I wish I could have but I could easily understand how I could be lulled by it the same way as technology. I do agree that this is a scary notion because it means that our every decision is so easy influenced.
The second blog that I commented on was Jordan's which discussed a dialectic between truth and ignorance and how once cannot exist without the other. It raised a lot of questions in my mind both on the personal level and on the global level that I found intriguing.
Jordan
Nonie
I like the dialectic between nature and technology. Often I have imagined these as opposites but in the scenario of the Matrix I can see how they can play off each other.
It is sort of like when people want what they cannot have. In nature they are pine for technology and security. When surrounded by technology they pine for nature and freedom.
Also, ultimately technology has become so advanced and intertwined that it is a huge network. Nature is also a huge network where each individual thing relies on the other in a huge complicated system.
The introduction of the idea of human nature is also interesting. It is a pretty abstract concept and in a scenario of the Matrix I think that the individual's decision is tentative. However, I think the factors that influence human decision making are things like technology and nature around us.
In my personal experience I have not spent as much time in nature as I wish I could have but I could easily understand how I could be lulled by it the same way as technology. I do agree that this is a scary notion because it means that our every decision is so easy influenced.
The second blog that I commented on was Jordan's which discussed a dialectic between truth and ignorance and how once cannot exist without the other. It raised a lot of questions in my mind both on the personal level and on the global level that I found intriguing.
Jordan
I think the question of what pill we would take is a question that pops into the mind of anyone who has every seen that famous scene. I really do not know what I would choose. Willingly I would want to choose the blue pill and forgot everything. But then I truly would feel that there would be a gnawing feeling at me. I know that your're "supposed" to forget everything but I just know that subconsciously my willful ignorance would eat away at me.
This brings us to an odd idea. If there is a truth is there really anyway to ignore it? I mean you are living within the lie that is the Matrix. Once, you break away from that how could you go back. I just think that humans are not perfect enough so that they can adapt into lies.
By this I mean though humans lie every single day. It is (hopefully) still an action that is forced, not something that comes out involuntarily. So, as long as we still seek truth then that prevents us from living an ignorant life.
This also poses the possibility though that we advance to the point where lying to others and more importantly ourselves become so natural that we can embrace something like the Matrix...willfully.
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