Technology.

Technology has greatly affected every one of our lives. Mine included. Had it not been for technology we would still be hunters and gatherers. We would be nomads always in search of a temporary food source. Thanks to technology, We are now able to have our food mass produced and even delivered wherever need be, all in a short time. We are able to a permenant source of water in almost any place we desire to live. We are able to control the breeding of cattle and all our other sources of food. Also thanks to technology, we are able to have all our art, music, and literature seen and heard all around the world. We are able to stay in touch with people all the way on the other side of earth. We can predict the weather before it even happens. We can stop crime, at least to some extent. We can put out fires before it spreads and becomes even more of a problem. We have created an entirely new form of communication with the invention of cellular phones, text messages, blogs, video blogs, chat rooms, message boards, social networks, even mail. We have discovered amazing things we technology by harnessing it for science. And even better we are able to take this newfound knowledge and teach it to all of humanity. These are just some of the ways that technology has affected my life.

"The Third Culture"

For the longest time there have been what many have broken down into two distinct cultures. There is science culture. Science culture is basically, the community inside society that is responsible for all the convienent products that exist in our world today. The production of these products has helped fuel what has come to be known in society today as popular culture. With the spread of records, radio, television, tapes, later cds, and even more recently mp3s, popular culture has become deeply embedded into our day to day lives, and it is all due to science culture. In the article "The Third Culture" by Kevin Kelly, he makes a point of saying that as science culture has helped magnify popular culture it has gone almost completely unacknowledged for all the work that it has done. The article states that despite the tensions between the two cultures, a third one has emerged. This new culture is described to be "pop culture based on technology... Nerd culture." The group of people who make up this "third culture" try as much as possible to distance themselves both from scientists and art, stating that unlike art which emphasizes meaning, this third culture values "creation, rather than creativity."

Cyberculture

The invention of the internet has created an altogether different form of interaction among one another in society. We now have social communities online, aside from chat rooms and message boards which have been around for quite a long time. Most of us are a part of cyber culture. I myself am a user on myspace.com and facebook.com and a few message boards as well. Not to mention an email account, which almost every person on the face of the earth has, the ones with computers at least. The invention of these social networks has influenced me and my life quite a bit. Not only has the world gotten a closer look at who I am as person on myspace.com but I have gotten a better look at the world and who they really are. Some of these people include my friends and even people id have an idea of what I thought would make up a good social community. In my opinion, myspI have never met before. I have actually made quite a few friends on these social networking websites. When I first became a user on a social networking website I didn't really have any expectations. However, after I got a grip on the new dimension of communication that make up these websites I do think that myspace has more of what I am looking for than facebook, however facebook does have quite a few features that myspace doesn't. Myspace is more in depth and personal to me than facebook is, but that's just my opinion. But in all, "cyber culture" has met my expectations. And as more and more arise in the future, they most likely will be met by the people who run the social networking websites.

Pop culture

One aspect of popular culture is one's style of living, where they fit into the society. The people are influenced by mass media to fit into a certain group to be liked and appreciated. In addition to mass media, the people are influenced by fads, styles, and music. We feel that everyone has a certain group to which they belong to in popular culture, even the people who say they do not belong, have created a new group that is still a part of popular culture. People need to feel that they are liked and needed so they are easily influenced by mass media, fads, styles, and music.
written by Michelle, Oscar, and Alex.

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