Last Post

Hey sorry this is posted late. I wrote it up, but never submitted it. Since this is our final blog post, I only felt it appropriate to write about a summary of what we have learned thus far.

We started with an introduction to Culture Jam, which gave us an understanding about what we would be learning about. We learned techniques of jolting and the ways that we are being affected. Though we do not always see this attempts to "brainwash" us, we can learn how to fight this urges.

Culture Jam connected into reading a book called Feed. A book that put into perspective the question of, "if technology took over our work and our privacy, what would the world be like?" We made the connection between Violet and how she brought back to life the thought process and the term idea. She spoke in ways that allowed Titus to realize that who had his own thoughts and they mattered. Privacy was another connection we made. Connecting this is the advertisements, being blasted in their heads, allowed us to realize that we are being taken advantage of by ads. The government was another focus point of this book. The Corporate Elite decided upon the denial of a new feed.

This book leads us into 1984. The ideas in 1984 were far different, but at the same time, supported the underlying defense that we are losing our individualism. Constantly being watched, no citizen in 1984 was able to do what he or she wanted or speak upon what they thought. This created a place of fright and with this came rebellion. The rebellion lead to compromise and the government, once again, won the battle. Next, the book Fahrenheit 451 was introduced. This book shared the majority of the same societal problems, but dealt more with books. The main character, decides that he has had enough, and does what he thinks is best. He finds a group of people, who share the same views, and they plan their plans to rebuild the literature population.

The underlying lesson that we must all learn is that we are being taken advantage of and we do not even know it. We are being used as ads and as marketing campaigns. Technology is being used against us and has now turned into a device that can take away our freedoms. We are losing our ability to create individuals and are following the footprints of the government in creating a controlled society. The scary part is, that we may never get back our freedom, if we allow this to happen. By building this knowledge and creating awareness, we as citizens of our society, fight this urge to make a "cult" of people. There urge to learn from books, express my thoughts, and keep my freedoms has allowed me to instill a desire to fight against these events working against us.