Post Class 10/29

 This reading from Mark Poster was one of most selections we have had in this course thus far. The reality is that we are approaching a new age of information technologies and resources to utilize. With the massive boost in population that will arise quicker than we know it, there will be brilliant minds creating technological phenomenons that will forever change the direction of all facets and disciplines of life. Poster offers a question, "will this technological change provide the stimulus for the installation of new media different enough from what we now have to warrant the periodizing judgment of a second electronic media age?" (Poster, 1995, p. 444). Poster imposes and collects information from an array of theorists trying to describe the direction of new media and how the democratic control presents, "more freedom, more enlightenment, more rationality" (Poster, 1995, p. 445). This feels pretty true especially with the internet being infinite with resources and different internal workings of the internet such as the deep and dark web. This falls in line with the concepts of apply modernity. "'Virtual reality' is a more dangerous term since it suggests that reality may be multiplied or take many forms" (Poster, 1995, p. 445). The words that truly stick out in this quote like 'dangerous' sound off an alarm in the brain because they are sensationalized words, but there is a lot of truth to these pieces of technology becoming a potential detriment to society. Time is something that gets taken from the virtual senses of a false reality. Video games being the most prevalent time waster can cause a variety of dangers to society. Mental and physical health are the most surface-level issues. The direction in which virtual reality could have infinite possibilities and outcomes. Could it be a possibility for technology and media to have severe regulations in a democratic society and free market? Is this the direction of the postmodern?