Sunday, January 20, 2008

We are becoming the web

I believe that the title of the video means that the computer is becoming us and that we are becoming the machine/computer. Now a days you can go on the Internet and find basically anything you need to know from around the world. There is even websites that allow you to beocme friends with people you know and don't know online, like myspace and facebook. Web 2.0 affects people entering the working world by giving people ample opportunities to find jobs. Most jobs allow you to apply online. You can even place your resume on Monster.com. This allows for anybody about to go into the workforce to find a job and do research about the job they are interested in getting. People who are already in the workforce have many advantages form Web 2.0. They can easily research anything they need right form their desk. Any and all information is right at your hands with just a click of a button. Many people can even do their jobs online as well as communicate with people over seas in an instant. I think that at the end of the video when it says we will have to rethink everything, it means that the computer has changed our world. Now that it has changed us and is continuing to change us we have to rethink some things. The video mentioned privacy, family, identity, and ethics. These are things that need to be thought about online. Privacy is important because you do not want anyone to be able to get information about you online. You want to have privacy while you are online. Because the Internet has done so much in improving our communication and technology we have to rethink everything that once was normal before the internet.

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