The Medium is the Massage Response
After reading the Medium is the Massage, I thought there many points in it that were very interesting. I did not find one overall point, but rather there were many things I was able to take from it that were very important. The main thing that really blew me away was how the Medium is the Massage was written in 1960, and how it really predicted the rise in the technology and how technology has actually taken over many of our lives. Lines like "when the circuit learns your job, what will you do" really stick out to me, because it is something that is so true to many of us. I just recently read an article about how middle class jobs are being replaced by technology, and to think someone predicted this would happen so long ago is quite outstanding. The second thing that really stuck out to me was how it said "all media are extensions of some human faculty - psychic or physical" and how it made comparisons to how for example, the wheel is an extension of the foot. Or clothing is an extension of the skin. It's interesting to think of technology this way, because as time has progressed, technology really has become an extension of ourselves. Where ever we go we seem to be attached to our cell phones. I know many people who would not be able to survive without a cellphone the same way they wouldn't be able to survive without some other human function. I know personally if I didn't have a computer life would be much harder. Not only would it be harder, it would just be different. My day to day schedule wouldn't be the same. Once again, the fact that Marshal Mcluhen Quentin Fiore predicted this is quite outstanding.
8:30: Wake up
8:33: Leave dorm room
8:35: Go to bathroom
8:38: Shower
8:50: Brush teeth
8:52: Go back to dorm
8:53: Get dressed
9:00: Leave room
9:03: Enter elevator
9:10: Enter Graham Hall
9:12: Eat breakfast
9:30: Leave Graham Hall
9:36: Enter elevator
9:40: Go back to Dorm
9:40: Go to sleep
10:30: Wake up
10:32: Do homework
12:12: Leave room
12:14: Enter Elevator
12:19: Enter Graham Hall
12:20: Eat lunch
12:42: Leave Graham Hall
12:47: Enter elevator
12:50: Enter Room
12:55: Do homework'
1:10: Leave Room
1:12: Go to bathroom
1:15: Enter room
1:20: Watch Tv
2:20: Leave room
2:22: Enter elevator
2:24: Wack to first class
2:35: Enter Writing class
3:35: Leave Class
3:37: Walk back to Dorm
3:50: Enter Elevator
3:52: Enter room
4:00 Watch Tv
5:00: Leave room
5:02: Enter elevator
5:05: Meet with friend
5:20: Enter Gym
5:25: Play basketball
6:30: Leave Gym
6:45: Take Shower
7:00: Eat Dinner
7:30: Leave Graham Hall
7:40: Enter elevator
7:42: Enter room
7:45: Work on Homework
7:50: Move to lounge, work there
9:00: Enter friends room
9:10: Watch Movie
11:15: Watch Second Movie
Around 12: Fall Asleep
September 15th 2013
The Art of Peeping and Spying
My first reaction The Art of Peeping article was that of unease. I was not aware photographers reserved the right to photograph us in our own homes without any consequences. This is not something I think anybody would take to kindly to, and it is one of those things that most probably wouldn't really understand until it happened to them. But as the article progressed, i started to realize that what Arne Svenson did was quit tame compared to the others artists who photographed people without their consent.
In all honesty, Arne Svenston photographs were innocent, and while they would probably be quite shocking to the subjects of the photographs, they were not harmful to them, and for that reason, the photographer should not be punished. If in any way shape or form, the subjects could have proved that the photographs were harmful to them, I think then suing would have been a good option. Things like taking pictures of people in baths or having sex in a park are actually harmful to a persons personal privacy and reputation.
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