Reed I

     The first few chapters of Reed struck me as very similar to a class I've taken at WSU already called DTC 356. The information provided about the lack of internet access worldwide would have struck me as more unsettling had I not taken the class previously.

     I think as Americans we have a cultural bias of what actually goes on around the world and even though we have access to this amazing technology we are still very centralized as a people. There seems to be a lack of knowledge on current event in the United States, or media is skewed to fit into some sort of demographic or media scheme.

    I digress, I would like to take a moment to reflect on what we spoke about in class around the reading of Ong. That discussion roughly translates over to the ability to record information and have that readily available is essentially power. With that said I think it is valuable for people to view the internet as a superb example of a codex of the modern world's technology and that this knowledge is seemingly innumerable in its immensity.

    Don't get me wrong here there is a lot of garbage on the internet but there is also information that could turn the studious into a master in no time at all.
   
     I guess what I would like you to take away from this post is a thought. What if the world shifted its focus on providing the underdeveloped world access to this technology? How far would the world come? How much would the world change? It's a crazy thing to think about, imagine if all the information modern western culture had at their disposable magically became available to the entire world.

     Oh the possibilities.