After watching the program ‘Digital Nation’ on Frontline, I began to think about the idea of being distracted and over extended. Do we, as a society, extend ourselves too far into technology? Is it possible to participate in one thing at a time, without constantly downloading information and uploading our lives?
The topic is not new to me, as I am currently in the class AJRL220, Visual Culture. In the class we discuss the ideas of Marshall McLuhan, in which he describes the process of extending ourselves into technology, so much so that we eventually extend our central nervous system. We eventually become technology.
In today's society, it is impossible to exist without technology and electronics. I myself have become obsessed without even realizing it. After watching the Frontline special, I evaluated myself and realized, I am no different to students found on the program. When I watch a film, I have my laptop on my lap and my BlackBerry in my hand. When I was younger, I would sit and watch an entire film in one sitting, where as now I need to be occupied with other forms of media. This became evident while watching the special, as I was updating my Twitter from my BlackBerry. For some reason, I needed people to know what I was doing. What happened to the era of mystery? I have uploaded myself.
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