Sunday, May 17, 2009

FEED: Final Project Reflection

What Does Your FEED Contain, And Why?
My Feed Contains What Ever An Individual Wants. What Ever The Individual Wants In Their FEED, Is What They Will Get. They Have The Ability To Create What They Want In Their FEED, That Is Why The Poster Is So Blank And Plain, Or Black And Whtie. B/c Depending On What An Individual Wants, Or How Their Mind, Or Brain Works, Then Their FEED Will Be Based Upon Their Likings...Or Some Thing Like That. And Like Most Things In The World, The FEED Has Its Pros And Cons. Which Is Why Half Of It Is Black W/ The Jaged Edge, Representing The Cons. And The Other Is White W/ Straight Edges, Representing The Pros.

What Does This Say About And How Does This Define American Culture And Identity?
With Today's Technology, There Are Actually People Out Their Whom Can Get Just About Any Thing They Want. Advance Technology Does Not Just Suddenly Appear, People Create It. New Things Are Invented All The Time. Why? B/c People Want To. They Want An Easier Way(s) To Do Things. B/c Americans Are Lazy. Therefore, In A Way, It Is Making Americans Stupid. In FEED, The FEED Did Basically Every Thing For Them, They Didn't Do Much. That Is Why They Weren't That Smart, At All. For Instance, They Were Cutting Down Trees To Create Land To Build A Factory To Produce Air. And Trees Create Air. Violet And Titus' Father Had An Arguement About This. And Titus' Father Just Couldn't Get The Fact That Trees Already Produce Air By Itself. Also, The Teenagers, Or Titus' Group Of Friends Could Not, Or Did Not Know How To Think For Themselves. This Shows How Limited Their Brain Is, B/c They Do Not Have Any Thoughts Or Opinions About Any Thing, Unless It Comes From The FEED.

How Does Media, Consumerism, Reliance On Technology, And/Or Popular Culture Personally Affect You? Do They Mold Us, Or Us Them?
When It Comes To The Media And Consumerism, They Do Not Affect Me That Much. The Media Is Just Doing Its Job. I See And Hear It Just About Every Day. If I Always Believed The Television Commercials And Advertisements In Magazines Or On Bill Boards, Then Who Knows What I Would Be Doing Right Now, And Where I Would Be. I Don't Even Pay Attention To It Really. It's Not Necessary, And It's Not Important To Me. So, It Does Not Affect Me Directly. When It Comes To The Reliance On Technology, It Is Hard For Me As An Individual To Not Rely On It. On May 15, This Past Friday, We Went On A College Visit To The U Of M. During The Closing Ceremony, A Man Name Ezra Hyland Gave A Speech. He Said That Your Generation May Know How To Use Crack, "But, My Generation Created Crack." Afterwards, He Mentioned Bill Gates, And His Computer Technology Stuff. Which Brings Me To My Point. The Older Generations Created Technology, The Younger Generations Were Born Into That Technology. Therefore, I Was Born Into A World Of Advance Technology. It Would Be Hard For Me To Not Rely On Technology, B/c I've Known It Just About All My Life. So, It's Like The Younger Generation Was Supposed To Be Born Into A World Where They Have To Rely On Technology, B/c It Is Always Surrounding Them. When It Comes To Them Molding Us, Or Us Them, It Really Depends On The Individual, If They Let It Take Over Them, Or If They Resist.

How Does It Impact You? Define You? What Does It Say About Your Personal Habits, Your Individuality?
Hrm, I'm Not Exactly Sure What "It" Means In This Case. I'm Thinking, It's Talking About the FEED, But Then, Maybe It's The Whole Media And Consumerism Thing. So, I'll Just Say "It" And Try To Act Like I Know What I'm Talking About. I Don't Think It Has A Big Impact On Me. B/c I Consider Myself Pretty Independent From Others, Even Close Friends Of Family.
Hm, I Guess B/c It Doesn't Really Impact Me That Much, It Would Define The Opposite Of Me? B/c If It Does Not Affect Me, The It Would Not Have Any Thing To Do W/ Me. Therefore, The Only Way That It Could Possibly Describe Me Is In The Way That It Is The Opposite Of What I Am. What Does It Say About My Personal Habits, Well..I Don't Really Know What My Personal Habits Are. Well, I Don't Think I Do. So, I Don't Know. How Does It Impact My Individuality? Not Much Really. I Still Have My Own Thoughts, Opinions, And Points Of Views On Things. It Doesn't Effect How I Think. Not Really.

Are People Any Thing W/o The FEED, In The World Of The Story?
Hm, Not Necessarily. Violet's Parents Didn't Have The FEED, And They Were Still Living. So, People Are Still People, Or Some Thing, W/o The FEED. So, That Really Only Shows That If You Do Not Have The FEED, Then You Actually Are Some Thing. B/c The People W/ The FEED, Can't Do Any Thing On Their Own. They Can't Think For Them Selves.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

In response to your post on Consumerism and Technology :

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment.

Industrial Society is destroying necessary things [Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land] for making unnecessary things [consumer goods].

"Growth Rate" - "Economy Rate" - "GDP"

These are figures of "Ecocide".
These are figures of "crimes against Nature".
These are figures of "destruction of Ecosystems".
These are figures of "Insanity, Abnormality and Criminality".


The link between Mind and Social / Environmental-Issues.

The fast-paced, consumerist lifestyle of Industrial Society is causing exponential rise in psychological problems besides destroying the environment. All issues are interlinked. Our Minds cannot be peaceful when attention-spans are down to nanoseconds, microseconds and milliseconds. Our Minds cannot be peaceful if we destroy Nature [Animals, Trees, Air, Water and Land].

Chief Seattle of the Indian Tribe had warned the destroyers of ecosystems way back in 1854 :

Only after the last tree has been cut down,
Only after the last river has been poisoned,
Only after the last fish has been caught,
Only then will you realize that you cannot eat money.


To read the complete article please follow any of these links.

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

Industrial Society Destroys Mind and Environment

sushil_yadav
Delhi, India