Doug Henwood, “Novelty.”; David Barboza,


This article is basically talking about how Americans are setting up companies in China, and pay them to play online games for them. And the Chinese people are working in bad conditions, and are getting paid small amounts for long hours for a company who can afford to pay them more. I thought this article was bad because of the poor working conditions that the Chinese people had to work in. And also that fact the people aren’t using online games as an amusement instead of a way of making money is shocking. I think that people who are to lazy to play there own games should not subscribe to these game sites. But then again I don’t want the people who are making money of this to lose their jobs so its an good thing and a bad thing if you look at it, and its hard to chose a side.

Technology

BY: VINCENT MOSCO
When I started reading the article about technology and the different myths that are out there I could have cared less. I mean yes, technology is very important to us, in so many different ways, I mean, I’m using my apple Mac book right know. I love being in control of what Am doing, knowing what assignments I need to finish. Everything that is so practical is easy to access. The world is changing everyday and technology is changing with it.
Mosco talks about how we are confused when it comes to the different background about technology. Its like the unspoken of myths. “Cyberspace enthusiasts encourage us to think that we have reached the end of history, the end of geography, and the end of politics. Everything has changed. So we can apply the mute button to whatever has come before”. When I read that statement, I was like that is so right. I mean we never really look back to the start of technology. We never talk about the individuals who came up with is magic thing we call technology. We use it everyday, and yes, we do acknowledge some people like Bill Gates. But we rarely look at the founding fathers of technology.

“Consequently, we need to understand political economic pressures within the cultural context of meaningful myths that lifts us out of the day to day and designate us as a special, perhaps even a chosen, people. Put simply, we want to believe that our era is unique in transforming the world as we have known it.” (Mosco 118).
In that statement it gives an insightful look at what the world is all about. It’s pretty funny looking at all the different ways of understanding life in general. That quote made me think how computers would one day looked upon as old myth.
Overall, I thought the article was well written, and brought up a lot of the interesting facts.

Ecologies

What I have chosen for my technology ecology project is personal care service. That my dad and I started. It benefits the community by helping out the less fortunate people. People that are elderly, disabled and anyone who is in need of assistants.

Technology:
~ We deal with having to contribute to everyday things like filling out paper work in the computer.
~ We have a webpage to attract potential clients
~ We also visit people who need assistants with blood pressure monitoring etc.
~ Awlpcs uses technology to help anyone in need

Similarity:
~ Use technology to interact with clients
~ Use technology to help with heart monitor and blood pressure
~ Use technology to fill out paper work, and insurance

Community Contribution:
~ Helping anyone in need of assistance in person care
~ Making Prince William community more friendly environment
~ Making everyone as “united”

The New Yorker: What’s the trouble?

The article basically talked about a man who is name was Evan Mckinley a fit and strong man who had chest pains. Then the doctor as questions about Mckinley, felt his chest, took some tests and came up with the conclusion that Mckinley normal. Then dismissed Mckinley without even consider other problems, as to his chest pain.

This article, sum up everything that should be known about a doctor. I mean doctors are like everyone else, the judge their patient without even considering other possibilities.

The funny thing about this article is that the doctor who saw Mckinley was a man who did a lot of studies about doctors misdiagnoses. He stated “I missed it because my thinking was overly influenced by how healthy this man looked, and the absences of risk factors”. I actually feel sorry for Croskerry, when he stated that quote. He actually mad a mistake that could have ruined Mckinley ranger life.

You know what I give a lot of he props to doctors and nurses, because they have to make a decision so fast that, that decision can either be wrong or right. One bad mistake can destroy their patient lives.

I honesty would not be able to live with my self knowing that I ruined somebody’s life due to my error of judgment. I guess that why god made us some doctors and other ordinary people. The well the integrity that it takes for a doctor is unspoken of.
For instance, my younger sister surgeon doctor Reing, safe my sister life by making a quick decision to operate on her, because due to the sever ness of the scoliosis, the lungs would be crushed together.

Vincent Mosco, ch.2, “Myth and Cyberspace:

I think that the link between myth and cyberspace are kind of predictable because you really aren’t supposed to believe everything you see on the internet. And most people put stuff that are myths on their to attract people. And also how the internet is becoming such a big thing in most people life’s and how they believe what thy read and stuff like that is amazing. Also how such simple thing could be made into a myth and how technology has a impost on our economic and social life. Also how TV and other news sources dominate the discussing it’s hard for others to perspectives to be heard. But I thinks some myths helped us like electricity that some good things about myths. Also I think that people should look at what they read and if they believe it then we should let them believe what they want to believe. But what is coming through our television should be correct because you should don’t want to hear false information at least I don’t want to.

Ideology

The unifying system of beliefs, attitudes, and values expressed in the superstructure of a culture. The body of thought and ideas that guides a society and perpetuates the status quo of the bourgeoisie.