"Digi-chant"

"Digi-chant"

In the video "Digi-chant" I thought its tone was unique and weird at the same time, the way it was describe was completely not what I was thinking about when I was reading the lyrics off the paper we were given in class. The lyrics on the paper differs more than the video because the lyrics on the paper sounds like a rap when in reality the video on YouTube is a computer robot to you talking about how Technology and how it sucks your imagination or thoughts in and controls your life. The point of the video was created to prove that technology is worldwide and a lot of people who use it either becomes it or it controls who you will be later in life such as your personality or facial appearance, so choose either to "Utilize it or become it". I think the author wants us to realize that we must only use technology for the good and not the bad, many people use technology to find the wrong necessities rather than the good, such as watching fighting videos, gang videos, pornography, and even as it said in the video, "Www.killallniggasfagskikes@burninhell.com, learned to make a bomb in three easy steps". These are the different types of advice that the author tries to tell us in the video. The world wasn't made to be perfect but, technology isn't making it any better by creating monsters or thieves. I think in a way this video is related to Social Justice because it goes against the law in a way, in the lyrics it talked about how bloods or crips would shoot at each other or kids go on YouTube or websites to learn how to be a "gangster" or the requirements to become a "gang member", these sort of things are making what today is, which is causing hell on earth by promoting fighting, shooting, making others scared and afraid to come outside at night, and even during the day.

how technology is changing us

Technology has changed the way we as humans live; it changes our understanding of the way things work and changes the way we interact with one another. It was once opposed but is now somewhat welcomed into homes. In the renaissance, technology was opposed, as the church believed that technology would oppose beliefs of god. Well they were right. Technology isn't just computers or TV’s, its engineering science. And in Science, our goal is to get further and understand everything there is to understand about us, our planet and beyond. However, the way we understand and experience this concept the most is that its just to make our lives much more efficient. When you look around, what do you see? Just at an intersection in downtown Calgary, you see people walking around with cell phones and carrying around laptop cases, other’s just listening to music. But then the companies that build these types of technology want to make them better and more efficient. So they keep releasing new devices that are smaller and faster and mostly more costly.

Technology has changed the way we track money, do business and much more. It is becoming a huge aspect of social life as well as communications. We are seeing more of the workforce not having to commute, but work from home, which can change the way we design our living communities. Over the last five years, technology has been rapidly changing and expanding in every field imaginable. Smart phones are now capable of acting as standalone computer devices that can take pictures, search the Internet, send emails and text messages and yes, they even make phone calls. While it might seem that the technology of today has reached its limits, it is still actually spreading its proverbial wings. Only twenty or so years ago, personal computers were becoming small enough and affordable enough for families to buy them for home use. Since then, the world of technology has shown no signs of slowing down and practically every device available today is somehow tied to computer technology. 

Technology is a concept that will never end. new devices will be released and then refined just about endlessly. Not even if or when we start running out of resources, because we would have recycled parts to build new technology and we will build new technology to possibly refine available resources or even find another planet that has the same resources. Technology now is a concept that we cannot survive without; an average North American person needs technology, to eat, to entertain, to cook, and to do many other daily functions. Lets face it we need technology to survive. But this is to an extent, for example a computer can be one of mans best friends, it helps us write documents such as the one you are currently reading, it helps us obtain knowledge through the internet, and it helps us entertain ourselves with games, movies, and music. But the computer can also have side effects, to our behavior, and even to our appearance. 

Some children get so entangled in this technology that their eating and sleeping habits change and so do their behaviors. Not just on the computer, even just playing on game consoles such as the Xbox or the PS3 or even iPod's they can all change the way we eat, sleep, and behave. While children play on computers or gaming consoles, they get so involved that they begin to avoid eating and sleep later to play longer. The games they play really can change their usual behavior. For example, shooting games or fighting games can make them more violent, strategy games can make them more strategic (slightly), and racing games can make them aggressive drivers, it all depends on how much you play and how addicted you become. But gaming can also lead to a loss of physical activity, when someone is addicted to a game, they refrain from leaving the house until they reach a certain ‘achievement’, until they win a race or even until the ‘die’ in the game, this behavior can cause us to gain weight and/or become obese because we also begin snacking more instead of eating proper meals and we stop exercising often.

I’m not saying technology is bad. Technology changes the way we live, changes the way we interact, it lets us understand the world better, and it helps us write documents, do our homework, present neat computerized presentations, and even edit documents with others in real-time. So as it says in the video "Digi-chant" by Ursula Rucker, are you going to "utilize it or become it", well in my opinion, I would utilize the bad behavior of it and only become it just for the better and positive feedback of it. The video is reality and we are reality meaning we do "download our life, edit our dreams, cut and paste our memories" it is a daily thing we do and technology will never stop, well unless we all die.