WEEK 13

Jonathan Crary- 24/7

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Hector Postigo- From Pong to Planet Quake

Jonathan Crary starts his writing talking about the white crowned sparrow and its ability to go days without sleep and can still function. The US Defense Department has been studying these birds to help with militant efforts for sleepless soldiers. "Non-sleep products, when aggressively promoted by pharmaceutical companies, would become first a lifestyle option, and eventually, for many, a necessity" This is scary, I love my sleep. I do, like many, contemplate what I could get done if I didn't have to take time to eat or sleep. This is not human, this is machine. I can only think that these medicines would cause you to become super focused and machine militant. Have you ever taken Adderall? If you have, you know you become focused and not tired, and forget to eat, these medicines would be like that but way worse. We have to ask ourselves, do we want this? I say no. I want our military to have a time to sleep, calm down, chill out, from their demanding duties. Not everything is about the bottom line.  Other key phrases from this reading are "Sleep Mode." This is where people wake up in the middle of the night and use their electronic devices, because they can't sleep without checking them. They are in a state of sleep mode technology driven lives. There has been talks about lighting up certain areas of the world by reflecting the sun on the earth from space while it is suppose to be night time. "Daylight all night long." This would allow workers in these areas to work all day and all night. We need our sleep people, a time to ourselves, not for society and technology.  

Key phrases from Hecto Postigo's writing is unwaged work, mods, modders, modifications, hackers.  You would think that people that understand computer code/ language would take offense to those who change their code for their advantage or pleasure.  Apparently game makers look at modders' versions of their game and use it to make better games or new games.  Modders create mods or modifications of games or codes of any kinds and transform them into other products.  When game makers use these mods the modders become unwaged workers. They do not get paid, they do it for pleasure.  Hackers log into unauthorized areas and change the code to either gain information or take down a website, etc. All of these people play a key role in the world of code and technology.  The question here is who has the power? The Game maker, the Modders, or the Hackers? In the world of technology, none had the upper hand.  Some other forms of mods can be seen with items such as nerd guns- changing them to air-soft guns, Holga cameras- they can be changed with format and film (with these mods, they have packaged them for sale and profit), Fan fiction- The 50 Shades of Grey Series is a mod on the popular Twilight Series.  

Nerf Gun

Holga Camera

Twilight/ Fifty Shades of Grey