In Wesch's video he portrays the different uses for the Web to share ideas, pictures, videos, news and much more information. Wesch explains through his video that instead of looking at writing as a machine humans are using, one should look at 'the machine' using us. Without our interactions with writing and technology, it would not exist. We post new things everyday and people create new ways to develop and improve technology. We are teaching 'the machine' new features every second. The machine is using us to learn new things, ideas, ways, and functions. It may seem as if we are using writing and technology, but in reality, 'the machine' is using us. Without our usage, technology would be nothing.
The video can be viewed here
I think that this is a good argument. I agree with most of these points about technology and writing. The one thing I am not necessarily clear on is exactly what the machine is. That is the only thing I wonder about in this argument.
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