As I studied this article, the author, Langdon Winner, made good points that really captured my attention. I fully agree with him when he says that knowledge is power, information is knowledge, and knowledge in turn enhances democracy and equalizes social power. This is true in today’s society because of the internet. People have the opportunity and chance in the click of a button to gain unlimited amounts of information and knowledge on anything they may choose.
I agree with the author when he states that the world has the ability and opportunity to become a better place because of all the things the internet and computers have to offer. However, I’m not sure that the idea of the internet helps improve the democratic process completely. I believe that in some ways, the internet definitely does help create a more equal and better democracy, but in other ways, it completely demolishes it. Many scandals occur in democracy in terms of elections and candidates because of all the internet’s powers and infinite possibilities.
As Winner states, the internet is something like a “people’s revolution”. Everyone so heavily depends on it that it’s almost impossible for people to not resort to the internet to gain access or information on various topics. At the time this article was written, he suggested that the internet was going to be a huge way for people to believe they’d find employment with amazing pay. But, in reality, Winner explains that the internet actually is a resource to find low paying jobs that don’t really allow employees to advance in the work force. But overall, Langdon Winner believes that this “computer revolution” is the perfect creation that is going to shape our society as we know it.
Hey Goldie! I think you discussed some good points from the article in your post. I agree with you that the internet does allow people to gain unlimited amounts of information and knowledge on all sorts of different subjects. The internet is something most people these days use of a daily basis to obtain information and it really does allow us to gain more knowledge on different matters. I also discussed an idea similar to this in my post from the article on how it is good we have this ability to gain information from the internet, but it does not necessarily benefit all people like those who are illiterate. For people who are illiterate or were poorly educated, having the ability to find all this information is useless if they cannot understand the information. I really liked the point you brought up on democracy and how the internet does help create more equality, but it can also demolish it, like with scandals. This is true that the internet does provide people with different powers than ever before and like you mentioned, elections have shown signs of scandals due to the help of the internet. The last point you mentioned is another great point and an important one since we do depend on the internet for a variety of reasons these days. The internet has helped to shape our society and I think there are many positives that have come out of this “computer revolution”, along with some negatives that Winner discusses in his article. You did a nice job highlighting some of the main key points from the article and I enjoyed reading your post!
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