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The Future of Literature: by Randy Malamud

This blog that I read is an example of an “imagined future”. It focuses on the prediction of what Literature will become in the next few years. He claims that books will be gone in a decade. The genre of literature will become more advanced. Some genres that he suggested was “hypertext fiction, kinetic poetry, and chronomosaic novels”. He then goes on to explain how media resources will replace commonplace books, manuscripts, and bookstores. Something he said that I found interesting is that one day “the digital compression will allow us to read the worlds longest novel on the world’s smallest reading device”. I think his prediction are head on so far because this is so because it’s already happening. People are already reading books on there tablets and phones. I think soon enough there will be no restrictions, all access to every reading material on any device.

Based on Vaidhyanathan argument that we trust google with our personal information and preferences I believe this is true. When it comes to society we as society trust everything about technology. We don’t take into consideration that the fact it is very dangerous to put your personal information into the computer. Situations like this can lead to identity theft. We don’t think about things like this, we are just looking for the easiest and simplest way to get to the site we need. When you type in your name on a site abd the rest of your personal information pops up like your date of birth, address, or telephone number you should automatically be alarmed. You should be wondering why the computer saved this and who else is able to access it. Instead we think great the information is there already don’t have to waste time typing it in. I use google for everything but I have to admit it alarms me when I see my personal information come up in the computer without me typing it in. I rather type in my own information so I know that my information is private non accessible and not saved.

Meszaro’s article is based on the questioning of authority. Meszaro discusses the different types of authority you deal with whether its regular people or authority figures such as in school librarians, teachers, and other faculty members. She mentions when in school you are basically listening to administrative authority. The only reason you listen to this authority is because each faculty member plays a part in your education and has a decision in what your grade can potentially be by the end of the semester. She then goes onto discuss people who don’t abide by anyone’s rules because they feel that everyone is equal and there is no such thing is someone having authority over anyone. No one should have the right to tell another person what to do or think that they have more knowledge than another person. The people that think like this I considered to be called Multipists and people who understand that there is some type of authority figure are called Dualists. In my opinion you do have to question authority. It depends on the person and sometimes even age of the person to decide whether a person has the authority to tell you what to do or to decide if the knowledge that they’re giving you seems valid.

The Freedom of Information Act is an act that serves as an advocate for the archive. It contains declassified documents, presidential paper collections, congressional records, and court testimony. It partners with the archive to “Track United States government agencies and federal records repositories for documents that either have been released before, or that help to shed light on the decision making process of the united states government and provide the historical context underlying those decisions. This benefits citizens because it keeps citizens up-to-date on what’s going on in the world. It informing about things they wouldn’t here in the newspapers or on the TV news. It was stated that “The archive’s mission of guaranteeing the public’s right to know extends to other countries outside the United States.”

Martin’s book being available on the web is him trying to prove to you that you can gain knowledge from anywhere. In order to receive knowledge about something you have to first research it. Martin states “Research is the process of testing existing knowledge and developing new knowledge.” Martin discusses in his book the politics of research. When it comes to politics and the government its always about money. In his book he talks about knowledge being overpowered by people in higher ranking, meaning people with more money.

After reading his chapter I see that he demonstrates that scholarship should be liberated. He stated something very interesting ” The belief in “academic Freedom” for scholars to pursue teaching and research provides a convenient way for universities to appear to serve the general interest while still catering for those with more power and money.” We should be able to gain any knowledge/receive any information we need freely.

Classification is very important when it comes to researching things. Classification helps with organzing data. The organization can enable “Classification Taxonomy”. When researching you should tag your data to help find the information quickly and efficiently. This is where metadata starts being implemented. Badke discusses the importance of using metadata. Without using metadata it causes your search to have a lot of irrelevant results. This now slows down the process of getting the information you need because you now have to skim and cut down all the unnecessary information you don’t need. Classification is not only helpful for researching but for food, animal, and people. It is important to classify yourself and to determine who you are as a person.

I believe that people have the “Right to be Forgotten”. Every individual should be given the right to chose what they would like to share with the public. Anything that an individual did not agree with presenting to the internet and is exposed is a violation of ”rights to privacy”.

In my opinion the “Right to be forgotten” doesn’t clash with our 1st amendment which is “Freedom of Speech” because just as you can say people commenting on your personal life/information such as what bloggers do is ”freedom of speech”, I can also say ”freedom of speech” is expressing myself without it being broadcasted to people I don’t want to share with.

Digital identity is basically the person you are characterized on the internet. You can be characterized anywhere from positive to negative because your identity is not controlled by you but by the viewers, cyberbullies, or bloggers. You identity is based on what they think.

Seaman:

1. Do you think that bloggers should still suffer the consequences even if they unpublished/removed the story?
2. Do you believe the authenticity of any story on a blog site?
3. Do these blog sites consider the person (victim) feelings before posting inaccurate or personal stories about them?

Newman:

1. What is the difference between the U.S and European privacy policy?
2. Was the 2014 lawsuit regarding the credit report agencies resolved? How was the problem solved?
3. As long as technology (Digital age) continues to accelerate will and information on the internet ever be  really private?