This was a very well written piece that combatted some of my thoughts in class too. Many people (myself included) are overly analytical, and concern themselves in finding a “point” in everything. I forget who, but someone mentioned in class today that oftentimes people research just for the sake of researching something they like. That, to me,…[Read more]

While I agree with most of your sentiments (I actually covered similar ideas in my post), I did want to address the question you asked when you said, “Can this data be falsified into fake results that manipulate people?” While I agree entirely with your issue with the SelfieCity project, I do not think the issue is data being falsified. In my…[Read more]

I agree with all the above comments that this would be a great idea for a project, however, there is one grand hardship I see. I think the idea you had of analyzing the guard’s feedback would be greatly helpful, but the main issue I see with it is how would we quantify it? Obviously, we can just say “good” or “bad” feedback, but I feel like with…[Read more]

I liked the point you made at the end about Emily Dickinson specifically asking for her works not to be published after her death. I agree with the point that it is a privilege to have these materials, but I share your concern for the artists. Specifically, this made me think of the works of dead artists. Biggie and Tupac had multiple albums…[Read more]

One thing that I feel we did not get to in the class discussion on the modern interpretation of Foucalt was the delusions of “delusions of grandeur” that come as a result of the digital panopticon that is present with entities like the NSA or simply large online corporation. The idea of “why would they be watching me?” is rampant, but many cases…[Read more]