Am I a cyborg?
It is definitely yes! Before studying this subject, I have no idea of what is a cyborg. According to Dr. Donna Haraway, Cyborg is referring to a cybernetic organism which is a hybrid of machine and organism. After exploring much more in lesson, I can announce to the world that I am a cyborg. Since I was a high school student, I could not separate with the internet --- the amazing digital world. Even still now, I cannot live without my iphone or computer. I do my shopping online, I communicate with my friends online, I watch television online, I order KFC online and I even learn online. Once my mum scolded me that if I lived with my computer I would died. Until then, I finally come to questioning myself whether I am living in a real world or digital world. Sometimes, I cannot tell what is real and what is unreal. As the things we did in the digital world is closely related with the real world. For instance, you order food in the digital world. Then after an hour later, the food will really be arrived to your home in the real world. And I think the tie between it is so amazing.
Besides, it seems that as technology becomes more advanced, we are more addicted to and cannot get rid of technology. That is why David Tomas believed that “cyborg represents a radical vision of what it means to be human in the late 20th century”. Furthermore, I think that on one hand, technology can facilitate our life but on the other hand it looks like we rely too much on it. Hence, it makes me wondering about whether human beings really take control of the technology or is the technology takes control of us? Does technology actually do more good or harm to us? Though these questions are really hard to answer but as a self net students these really worth discussing.
Evaluation of the weblog
As the unit is related to technology and I think it is such a match, fun and new idea to use weblog as an aid to the course. Also, I have never thought of using a weblog as a mean to share and discuss our opinions on certain topics with an academic purpose. As it is a weblog, it provides a more relax and free atmosphere for us to express our opinion in which it is so different from the traditional one. Thus we are more willing to voice ourselves more in this way. But if the weblog is not for the purpose of marking, I think it will be more meaningful to create a weblog.
Evaluation of the Unit
I enjoy and learn so much in this unit. The topic of “cyborg” is so new to me and I am glad to explore more about it. Besides, this unit provides me a lot of angles to perceive our identity in this digital world from different aspects. Also, after studying this unit, it makes me come to contemplate more about the relationship of human and technology. As we are already soaked into the digital world, we seldom come to realize our relationship with technology. Studying this unit is exactly a good timing for us to confront with it. Therefore, I enjoy the lesson very much.
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