Blog Post 4: Programmed or Be Programmed

Chap 6:

 I relate to on a personal level. It is the main reason that I do not have a Facebook, people rely on the internet too much to hide who they are. They produce this person they think they should be seen as, and not the person they truly are.

Chap 7:

 I think is well said, being able to boil human essence down to those five things: survival, power, wealth, sex and glory are the five inspirations of man kind. I think it'd be hard to convince me that someone was doing anything if it didn't pertain to these five drives. It's easy to accidentally tag your friends or use them as a product. You could inadvertently make revenue off their likeness.

Chap 8:

I think memes are one of the greatest inventions in the last 20 years. It completely wraps up with that internet is about, quickness and accessibility. You can break humor down to just a phrase that makes people laugh uncontrollably. You can take political ideas or human rights issues and make people read about them because of the simplicity. 

Chap 9:

I full heartily believe in open sourcing programs and letting them out for people to use. Open source algorithms are the backbone of the internet and human progression. A person in Africa could get access to Khan Academy, learn advanced math, and transfer to a first world country. Things like YouTube tutorials, Wikipedia, and countless other resources are educating the world at an alarmingly fast rate. The tools are there if people are just willing to look for the resources.

Chap 10:

Using all these principles, we can shape the future of the human race and the individual. We can reprogram how we think, how the world thinks and how we are digesting information. I personally think online reading is the best solution. It's how I learn most of my information for school.