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Today’s Mass Communication class was one of the least enjoyable classes we have had. It was interesting and the topic of technologies that caused cultural revolutions was fascinating, but I really did not enjoy it all that much.

I enjoyed the small clip of the Zeitgeist movie we watched and plan on watching the rest of it soon.

The group work we did was not all that exciting. I tend to enjoy working more independently, and so that may be why I did not enjoy it as much. The task was straightforward though, allowing the group to move through it and successfully complete it with ease.

It was hard to pin point the most important technology, or the one that led to the creation of others. So many inventions have had their own form of impact on some part of the world, and on a group of people somewhere. While completing the task, I thought of Neil Postman, and his explanation that “with every tool we create, there is an idea embedded beyond the original function” (Postman, 14). This makes me ponder the idea of the internet, or the printing press, and if the inventor had a different idea or reason for their creation other than what it has become used for.

It is also said that technology and tools, are made as extensions of mankind. We create items to better ourselves, to enhance our abilities, and senses to an even greater level. Is this a good thing? It has its benefits, but also its downfalls.

In conclusion, class was weird today. I look forward to next week.

Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death. New York: Penguin, 1985.