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In my point of view, I think that the internet has made things so much easier for people. A person can practically find anything he wants by going on Google. It is one of the best resources to find the answers to all of your questions. We live in a fast pace society and the internet provides us with all of the useful information that a person needs to know. We have become use to this speed and do not realize the impact it has had on our everyday lives. Technology has become a part of life and rarely does anyone not use the internet at least once a day. Nicholas Carr talks about making information more easily available and mention that “research that once required days in the stacks or periodical rooms of libraries can now be done in minutes.” This really proves how much society has improved over the past couple decades. There is actually no end to this advancement. It just keeps getting better and better every day as science keeps coming up with better ways to make our lives easier. It is actually hard to believe how something that took a long to achieve can now be done is a manner of minutes. But in a way, we have become use to this quick pace. Everything revolving around us is moving so fast that even if out internet takes a couple minutes to load, we get frustrated. We do not even have the patience to value internet. For example, my parents came from a time when TV's were looked at as a procession that the wealthy had. But now, TV's are practically in every room of the house since we have become so accustomed to them. But back then they valued them so much and now TV's in a way have become outdated. A person can do practically anything online. So I do not think that the internet has lead to the stupidity of society. In my opinion, it has helped us become more intelligent. We learn more things by researching online and resources help us in out every day lives.

So internet is very useful and is necessary thing to have is today's society.

So I was not very surprised after watching the video “did you know” on friday. Our world today is moving so fast that it is becoming hard to keep with all the new scientific inventions. We are in moving in a fast pace society and technology is improving every second. There is always something new that science has to offer or some new discovery that has been made.

One thing that really caught my attention in the video was how “a week's worth of New York Time contains more information than what a person was likely to come across in a lifetime in the 18th century”. There is so much going on in the world today and so much information to absorb. So this just goes on to show how much society has changed just in a short amount of time. Well...maybe not that short but still..it has improved significantly. But that brings up the question...has it changed in a good way? In a medical person's perspective, it has helped save millions of lives. But media (technology) wise...it has become complicated in my opinion. It just seems like technology is taking over everything and that one person cannot operate with having some type of device in their hand. So where is technology heading?? How much more is it going to improve? The answers to these question are yet to remain unanswered for now..well cause I don't really now the answer. But I for sure that I will never stop improving.

So this relates to Dr. Alan Kirby's article because he thinks that post modernism is “dead and buried” and “that postmodernism is dead by looking outside the academy at current cultural production”. How can he say that it is “dead”? There is so much going on in the world that it is hard to comprehend everything that goes on. I do not think that post modernism is ever going to end.

Things will keep on improving and views will keep on changing.

Well, there is not much information given in the first seven chapters that can inform the reader of how this book illustrates postmodernism. But i did manage to find a couple examples that I thought represented postmodernism.

First, The Books of Bokonon declares that "all of the true things I am about to tell you are shameless lies" (14). So Bokononism is based entirely on false information but one has wonder how a religion that calls itself a lie can have such inspiration and devotion on others. But at the same time Vonnegut emphasizes that the main purpose of a religion is to bring meaning and purpose to life. So it being a lie has no part in religion. It is mainly the illusion that provides meaning and purpose to life. They believe that everything that happens in life is "meant to happen" and is God's will. So this post modernistic view helps explain how religion plays no part in one's life and is only there to provide an illusion of faith.

Also, Felix Hoenikker is portrayed as being so ignorant. This is shown through him asking "what is sin" (21). So in a way, he felt that he did not play any part in helping create the atomic bomb and portrays selfish and is just doing his job. He is just serving the society and in a way is forced to do that. Also, he is ignorant of his moral responsibilities and his responsibilities as being a father. He only viewed his wife as only a caretaker and even tips her after she makes breakfast. Later, this is handed down to his daughter who takes care of the whole family. He does not have a good relationship with his kids and takes no interest in them. This portrays postmodernism because just like Brave New World, they form no kind of relationship or attachment. They are individuals and do not belong to anyone else.

Overall, I think that once we are more into the book, this concept with become more clear because at this time, I am not understanding how this book portrays postmodernism very well.