Unfortunately, I was only able to
make it to one of the classes this week but the discussions we had in class had
me thinking about new things. In CMC 100
we briefly went over the advertising tactics used by Disney to target the
parents of children. But looking at Disney
with a critical lens in this depth had me interested. Growing up I loved Disney world, every time I
went it felt like stepping into a world greater than the one I live in. When I was there I experienced a feeling of fulfillment,
like all my childhood dreams come true.
But that would always leave me with an empty feeling after. Realizing that the world around me is
boring. In the article “The City of
Robots” by Umberto Eco he states that “Disneyland tells us that technology can
give us more reality than nature can.” I
think our reality will always be our reality, it’s just that when presented with
a more perfect one, we tend to reject the one we live in. What
makes me think is what may be coming in the near future.
With groundbreaking advancements
with virtual and augmented reality, I soon think that the reality we soon see
every day will be filtered. We may
become so accustomed to the idea of a better world, that we actively disguise
our own reality with a one more bearable.
This world or reality is only accessible
with technology, like the way Disney uses it, they will “Tell us that
technology can give us more reality than nature can.” Technology, in the past
has always been exploited for capital gain.
What does that mean when the technology controls a part of our
reality. I think that opens whole new
doors to ethical questions that we have not even though to ask yet.
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