Underneath McDonalds there is a small, dark room where three men run world! Seriously, after watching the movie Manufacturing Consent last week, I have questioned if the cooperate world has ever really been for the people. Advertising, agencies and conglomerate chains have all but two goals: to sell and to profit (mostly profit). But who is to blame? Do we blame ourselves for indulging in false images and sounds that leave empty promises only to promise “new and improve” versions of products? Or do we blame advertising agencies for constantly distracting us with luring images that promote only a short term of self-satisfaction? Either way you look at it it’s a never ending cycle, but who started the cycling frenzy to begin with? Could there possibly be a secret society running this whole economy? Is it likely that advertising and promoting new products, particularly technology, is just a mere tool to something greater?
As I read through chapters 5,6,7 and recall fond memories of VHS tapes, movies, and the infamous PBS station that put me to sleep as a child, I am alarmed by such rapid advancements in technology. Not only can we turn on the TV, dial numbers on a wireless phone, swipe a card at the grocery, we now have the power to personalize our TVs, cell-phones, credit cards, and much more to our likings. If you like a certain television show DVR it, surf the internet, make movies, and much more on a cell-phone, and even if you have bad credit your credit card can at least look “pimped out” with personalize pictures. Truly, I feel that if we keep personalizing our technology, soon it will become part of us physically. No airwaves or electronic signals needed. Just the human body and a computer chip implant.
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