Q: What is Michael Wesch arguing about the nature of reading, writing, and the thinking in web 2.0, digital world? Is the machine using us? Is it a bad thing?
A: Michael Wesch is arguing that text is changing and that we are now using digital text instead of reading out of a book. There are new easy ways to upload and read information on the internet.Text is now at our finger tips making it easier to look up information on any subject. The web 2.0 is a digital workd that links people together and is a new form of communication. It is a new way of living and doing things faster. He argues that the machine isn't using us that we are using the machine. Many think that the new technology is taking over but we are the ones who are telling the machine what to do. We give computers demands to look something up or to contact a friend online. It is not what the technology is doing to us, it is what we are doing to the technology and how we are using it. The internet is a good thing that makes different tasks easier. It is a new way of life that is here to stay.
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