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Talofa Lava

Wow I am so not over how fast this semester has gone! You that saying "time fly’s when you're having fun" is almost entirely correct, apart from the fact that exams aren’t exactly 'fun'. I’ve really enjoyed this paper, you see, at first I was a bit skeptic about taking it because I had never really been that interested in technology and new media. Luke’s' last lectures on Cyborgs, for me, was the most mind opening. It made me ponder the many ways in which we as humans are also machines in a way. Myself, as well as many people, forget just how much we rely on our computers, internet, cell phones ipods and the media in general. It seems as though we need these forms of media to communicate, socialize and satisfy our psychological needs. By psychological needs, I mean for example that time in your life when you are just feeling so incredibly depressed, that you turn on your ipod for that one song that lifts your spirit and helps you conquer through the day.

I really do wonder what technology and new media have in store for us, will there really be a day when we actually become like Arnie in Terminator? Will humans literally become robotic and will our physicallity actually become fake and eternal? Ahh it scares me to think about all the possibilities that the future has to offer or to some extent, take away. Are we really becoming less human or are we just giving in to a society where technological advancements produce new ways of understanding the world. With this in mind, it also seems that new forms of society are then being produced; techno-capitalist society maybe?

Anyway, it has been such an awesome semester. You guys take care over the summer holidays and enjoy the sun while you can, oh wait, that’s if it stops raining.

Peace
Rachael