The article I read was by Nakamura is all about cybernetic tourism, the internet, and transnationality. She makes a lot of point on how the world is always moving forward and changing into our future. One point that really stood out to me is the fact it does not matter your age, gender or race, the internet is only just a bunch of different mind coming together to brainstorm ideas on how to improve or even enrich our lives and the lives of the future generation to come here on earth. We all interact we each other on some level of communcation. In day to day living most of the time it is just a bunch of small talk we make with people to get through the day to live. We have known the person for years and have become one of their good friends. Throughout this article she makes reference to how the cyber world is a utopia and sense of great human interaction. We al know that one of the earliest things we learn as a baby is how to interact with each other. Some of the skills we have travel with us all throughout life. They kind of in a way guide us to the way we think things in life should be or even are going to be. Nakamura shows that we can find any amount of information in this other world. But, also knowing this other world that exists could bring us to a whole new understands of our peers around the world. Take into account those peers do not have to be the same age, gender or race.
It points out that the amount access people have depends on a lot of different variables we all have to face to get on to the internet and the cyber word. I know that having access to this great world has opened my eyes to the place I may one day travel to as a tourist. But, then when I watched the commercials on YouTube about the Olympic. It showed me that I may live miles and miles away from there, but I still feel like they are the same as the rest of us. They are people that are just trying to live and survive in this ever changing and forward moving place. I believe that the commercials and the article have truths to them. Also, that they are a lot a like in the fact they give the world a face. This honestly gives me the sense the cyber is not so scary and just might be cool.
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“…The internet is only just a bunch of different minds coming together to brainstorm ideas on how to improve or even enrich our lives and the lives of the future generation to come here on earth” is an interesting topic. If only our world was full of honest and caring people, could I agree. But I know that there are so many wacko’s out there trying to prey on children who are on the internet. This is just one of the facts that these “minds” are not ALL brainstorming on how to improve our lives. But on the flip side of that, there are a lot of genuine, caring and honest people out there who are truly trying to improve our future. It’s those wacko’s out there that has made me so leery of people on the internet. The fact that you are not meeting these people face to face, we would not be able to get the “good” or “bad” feeling from them when you first meet them.
I’m not sure if I am even doing this response thing correctly or not, but I hope it works!
I think you make a great point at the end when you said that the internet has opened the doors of communication to the entire world. At first i believe it was a little bit intimidating for people. you didn't quite know what to do with all this information at your finger tips. but now you can look at and view your potential vacation and tourist spots before you actually arrive there. The age of the internet truly gives us a plethora of options. I think you also make a great point when you say that the internet has eliminated age boundaries. Age has become a non-factor when communicating in cyberspace.
as you said"One point that really stood out to me is the fact it does not matter your age, gender or race, the internet is only just a bunch of different mind coming together to brainstorm ideas on how to improve or even enrich our lives and the lives of the future generation to come here on earth." when we are using the forum, web blog and MSN, we will not care about the identity of others internet user. in the cyber world, different people will provide different kinda of ideas and views with due to the high level of freedom of speech offered by the inernet. internet gather views from different people regradness of race.
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