Digital Legacy

April 10, 2007

Is a digital legacy really a good thing? I mean do we really want to be remembered by technolgy only. If I were to spend my entire life working on something on the interenet, and then find that no one has read it or looked at it or even heard of it. Why would someone take such a risk with their lives to find that their life was wasted? And even if people did at some point encounter this legacy, what difference would it make? I personally don't want my legacy to be connected with the interenet in any way. I would want my legacy to directly influence people and their lives right when I do it, and I want it to pass from them to others. I want to make sure I make a difference rather than just hoping for it.


Television

April 3, 2007

    Television is probably one of the best and worst things in society. Before, world news, events, and affairs took months to reach people. Now there is news on every channel at 5, 6:30, 7, 9, and 10 o'clock and if anything important should happen, the world will know about it in minutes. I guess this can be viewed as good or bad because the media will do whatever it takes to get a good story, even twist one to the limits of truth, but we hear the news nonetheless. Another good/bad aspect of television is that it offers entertainment. Over time, however, people have lost interest in that which was actually entertaining to watching people gamble on game shows (rather than play them) and watching people stab each other in the back with reality T.V. The nastier the show is, the higher the ratings and the more money there is to be made. Shows that offered the good, clean entertainment are slowly being taken off the air or moved to obscure channels that are only obtainable through expensive cable or satellite packages. Not that there aren't good shows on anymore, but many of them have gone downhill from where they started. Television is good at times and bad at times, but how long can that last?