A very apt quote began the lecture today “They were so obsessed with the fact that they could do it, they forgot to consider whether they should” – from Jurassic Park.
First (electronic) Media Age – centralised dissemination. Anyone could communicate with a minimum of technical and financial resources. Once source to many receivers.
Second (electronic) Media Age – decentralised interaction - The internet has made it possible to communicate with large audiences. We are no longer restricted to the telephone. Many sources to many receivers.
We also looked at the theme of how technology can give us a “Utopia” or create a “Dystopia”. I am a Star Trek fan and so would certainly welcome a Utopian future like Star Trek where humans had evolved to overcome their petty squabbles, where everyone had their basic needs met and be free to search the universe and as Captain Jean-Luc Picard said in the opening credits of Star Trek – The Next Generation – “Space... The final frontier...These are the voyages of the Starship Enterprise. Its continuing mission: To explore strange new worlds...To seek out new life; new civilisations...To boldly go where no one has gone before!"
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