Hey blog, let's contemplate some culture
As we become a more modern society our tastes begin to change. With technological advances we become more and more interested in escapism and leaving the confines of our reality. We are able to control the virtual reality thus we can tune it to our liking. Its hard to appreciate our reality when we can easily leave it via technology.
“What distinguishes the telephone from the other great media is its decentralized quality and its universal exchangeability of the positions of sender and receiver” (535)
The telephone completely changes the environment that humans are allowed to live in. The telephone decentralized many communities because you no longer have to be within walking distance to communicate. With the invention of the phone humans can communicate with anyone anywhere on the earth. Communities were required to be centralized because without centralization there would be no communication before the telephone.
“Technology has taken a turn that defines the character of power of modern governments” (537)
Technology is now the basis for strength in the modern world. Everything we touch, even this blog, is controlled via technology. Societal advances are even mainly based on technological advances. This plays into capitalism in the fact that creating better products is valued over creating better communities. The basis of strength isn't in the people but rather the destruction of the technology the government has.
We as a society focus on status and power over actual quality of life. I blame this on the fact that the US is seen as number 1 in the list of powerful countries. Many countries are fighting for that spot and we aren't keen on losing. Thus we spend a majority of our money on furthering our position in global power rather than focusing on the wellbeing of our citizens. If you look at smaller less powerful countries that don't focus on their status the quality of life is high. I'm not for losing our status as "the number 1 country" but I think many Americans would benefit from social programs.
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