Three articles from the NY Times Magazine (1/2/11) provide three examples of how convergence of digital technologies is fundamentally changing or affecting our culture and our paradigms about ourselves & the world.
My Cart, My Self: Are we the Sum (or Algorithmic equation) of our Purchases?
Rewired: The ideological Implications of our New Fiber-Optice Infrastructure
Global Entertainment: How On-Line Geo-Tools and their Tweakers Make the Surveiilance State Fun
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Notes on evolving paradigms and practices from the world of media. Posted by Professor Leo Aristimuño primarily for students of "Convergence Culture," an undergraduate course taught at the Department of Arts, Culture, and Media, at Rutgers University, Newark.
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I think what the three articles have in common is that our actions can no longer be concealed, that our memories and conversations are no longer our own, and that big brother is looking more closely at his 'sibling' more frequently and will less permission, thereby becoming more encroaching as each year passes.
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