Human vs. Machine

In the argument of humans vs. machines humans are the thesis and machines are the anti-thesis. Humans were the beginning and then machines came afterwords. Humans have feelings and are alive they are organic and nature. Machines are inorganic, they are made out of metals and plastics. They are logical and not alive. Machines are the exact opposite of human beings. In class our professor raised the question of how can humans and machines join together without a problem occurring? He explained how a synthesis starts to occur and that machines start to become human-like. The example given in class was the terminator movie and how a man becomes a machine and how a machine becomes a human. This synthesis of human and machine is referred to as a cyborg. There is a movie that is called Cyborg where a plague takes over and a certain cyborg woman who is half woman half machine contains the cure to the plague. This 1989 action packed movie was in reality introducing the notion that people can become synthesized with a machine. Now we are claiming that humans can become synthesized with their computers and their cell phones. This takes the saying, attached to your cell phone literally.

The World of Video Games

EA Games is currently bringing in the most amount of gross pay compared to any other company. Video games are on the rise. In class we talked about why video games have become so appealing to gamers throughout the years. One of the major reasons that video games have become so popular is because they are like a second life to people. In video games such as Call of Duty and Sims, a gamer is able to go onto the video game and play the role of someone else. This second life aspect becomes appealing to people because they are able to play a different role in society. This is also known as role playing. There are many different kinds of role playing such as gaming, theater, and even historical re-enactments. People enjoy role playing because they are able to become a different person within society. Some really intense gamers even bring their gaming role into the real world and have a hard time separating the two lives. There are many websites where gamers can go and talk to other gamers. They have gamer social networks. Intense gamers will substitute their fantasy life for real life and live through their video games. Video games allow us to explore various types of identities and allow us to work out the displeasure that we may experience with our current identities. Many gamers enjoy this because they feel that video games are very concrete and that they can control how their lives play out.