неділю, 24 листопада 2013 р.

#edcmooc week 3: Being Human or Who wants to meet meat?



This week  I’m asking myself what mean to be human in our digital age. The answer is  in the video: Toyota GT86: the ‘real deal’ advert, BT: heart to heart advert, World builder, They’re made out of meat
The video "World Builderstruck me the most.This amazing story is demonstrating futuristic computer interfaces where a man uses holographic tools to build a world for the woman he loves, thanks to the viral power of Internet distribution. 
This is what SecondLife is going to be someday, perhaps? 
One day we'll be digitally enhanced and deal with magic. People physically worked to build our world and our reality. New digital tools build new world in 60 minutes with new reality. For this men the tech is only one way to see his wife alive and happy.He creates a city in the hopes it will wake her up from her coma. His dedication is enough to make any rom-com fanatic reach for the tissues and beg for the woman to wake up. 
The most important part of this story is human emotion. Tech is a tread to reproduce sweet memories of his wife, because he uses details from their past together.There is another way of communication – texting, chatting, tweeting etc, which depends on what the massage is for. The ‘BT: heart to heart advert’ confirms the video of  “illusion of non-mediation” Frankly, I’m not share this type of conversation, because, for example  skype conversation is better than text chat but there is nothing like being in the same room with the ability to feel the other person. I'm absolutely convinced, the nothing can changed real emotion which we feel  through  face to face conversation.
Speaking through Skype connects people who live on the other side of the world. Also we have the video conferencing which gives the opportunity to stay at home, rather than travel miles to a business trip away. 
I suppose this corresponds to the points in by Kolowich. According to him the "illusion of non-mediation" is emphasized by video and interaction between and among students and the teacher.The bright example is mooc , where students communicate through twitter, google+, and facebook. This way of studying can solve many problem concerning the distance education because of using video, audio-chat, text-chat.
The “Rea Deal” Advert   deals with a man trapped inside a fake city who discovers a Toyota GT86 from the real world. He feels alive for the first time and decides to make his escape from the not so real to real. The ad shows the relationship between nature and technology. All tech in those world is colorless tedious. But when human get a car the world changed. In this way the tech ( a car) help to escape from lifeless world into the real world. Personally I think that tech has some power above the human. The Toyota portrays the struggle between human and tech. so the men in ad becomes true and free when he crashed out from his technological control the men in ad become true and free when he crashed out from his technological control.
Who wants to meet meat?
 Following off from the story “They’re Made Our Of Meat” by Terry Bisson. I think probably this is the imitation of life. This is a science fiction story which has been nominated for the Nebula Award and it originally appeared in April 1991. This creative story tells us about two strange characters who are discussing a particular issue which would be trivial for us, human beings.
"Thinking meat! You’re asking me to believe in thinking meat!”“Yes, thinking meat! Conscious meat! Loving meat. Dreaming meat. The meat is the whole deal! Are you beginning to get the picture or do I have to start all over?”“Omigod. You're serious then. They're made out of meat.”
 Yes, we are consist with bones, mussels, and etс. There is another important issues  - out soul, intelligence, consciousness, and spiritual assets 

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