This book interest me very much. I have not read a book like this is a while where it had made me think this much and keep me so hooked! I love it! I've never really stepped back and took a look at how technology has changed the world, for the good and for the bad. It's pretty upsetting that everything Kalle Lasn mentions is so true. I don't remember the last time I looked up at the stars on a clear night, or the last time I didn't turn on the TV because it's a reflex, or the last time I didn't have my cell phone by my side 24/7. As humans, I personally think all that is pathetic on our part. If people before our time could live without cell phones, laptops, and ipods then we can too. The beginning of Culture Jam really made me think about the times when I was little. When I was younger I LOVED being outside. I played baseball in my backyard with my dad and sister, rode my bike everyday, looked for bird nests, and played in a sandbox my dad made. As kids we use to have the time of life without technology! It's ashame that it is almost forced upon humans to have some sort of technology.
Another memory this book brought back to me was being at my cabin in the mountains with my family. We had actual family time with no interruptions because there is no service for cell phones or laptops and there is no TV. Just wilderness all around. The last time I was there was probably 5 years ago and I miss it a lot. I believe that it would be hard for a lot of families to tell you the last time they spent time together like that. It use to be so typical for a family to sit around the dinner table with one another and share stories with each other and just have conversation without all the distractions. Today, you add texting at the table and TVs in the dinning room/kitchen room area. There is no family time anymore for a lot of people including myself, and it's upsetting!
Great thoughts! I agree that we don't sit at the table allot of times and turn the noise off. I agree that we need to turn the TV and go outside. But what if we didn't have that laptop and our loved one was 1000's of miles away technology has brought us close together in that since, hasn't it ??
ReplyDeleteWhen you were talking about eating at the dinner table, I couldnt even think of the last time I sat with my family at a table other than a holiday or we went out to eat. how sad is that? when I was younger it was mandatory to sit at the dinner table and now it has turned into something we only do 4 times a year if that. I liked when you said that technology is almost forced upon us, which in part is true. for example for the literature class, we need a computer and internet to do some of the work. heck that for basically all of our classes
ReplyDeleteWhen you mentioned about people not sitting around the dinner table with their families it brought back memories of when I lived at home before college. My mom actually would make us leave our cell phones in our room and make sure all of us were there to attend dinner. The TV would be off, we would all pray before our meal and at the end we would ask to be excused. I used to get so mad that I couldn't have my cell phone or I couldn't watch TV during dinner, but looking back I am glad that my mom did that. She made us all be face to face and enjoy everyone's company. I think it made us all closer and for that I really thank my mom. I honestly miss having to do that and every time I go home to visit dinner is my favorite meal knowing that I am going to be able to talk to my family with no distractions.
ReplyDeleteI love your point about when we were young (Pre- technological era) in the aryl 90's when there was nothing better than going out side and playing until you had to come home to eat dinner. Now a days parents have trouble separating their children from their gameboys, TV's, and computers. In your second paragraph you say how its been about 5years since you've last experienced the great outdoors and a break from the constant attention our technology demands. I personally went camping this summer for the first time in over ten years with some of my best friends. From that experience i realized how much i LOVE not having a cell phone to bother me. My friends and i went back to our roots, playing wiffle ball, going on walks, and swimming. The trip really sparked child hood memories, and we now plan on going multiple times each summer.
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