Mariela Gunn
Office: PAR 102
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UNIT 1
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What does the discussion of replicators, genotypes, and phenotypes have to do with cyberspace?
| 1 | 1 | 24 weeks 2 days ago by chagar |
Heim speaks of several types of immersion. What are they? Which ones have you experienced? What local places can you think of (on campus, in Austin, etc.) where one can experience the various types of immersion?
| 15 | 15 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
Richard Thieme seems to expose a lot of chicanery in the UFO domain, but he also seems to take UFO reports seriously. Where do you think he stands on the subject? What's your evidence?
| 18 | 20 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
It can be argued that we each in varying degrees play different roles or have different identities in our actual lives (e.g. son, daughter, teacher, student, etc.). But what is Turkle talking about that is different in terms of being other people or playing roles? What do you make of her reference to Carl Jung?
| 16 | 17 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
What do you make of the legend of the ronin? Could you base your life on such a worldview? If not on the ronin, do you base your life on another legend or image or personage that stands for individuality?
| 12 | 16 | 19 weeks 2 days ago by Klive Thompson |
Think of a successful contemporary person who you believe could fit into Leary's category of the new breed. Describe that person to us and tell us how and why you define them as "new breed."
| 1 | 1 | 22 weeks 15 hours ago by chagar |
Please review the transcript of the in class chat, which you can find in Blackboard. Which public figures were hardest and easiest to recognize and why? What features were the most revealing? Feel free to refer to places in the transcript to illustrate your reasoning.
| 12 | 14 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |
Determine what Rheingold is describing when he speaks of swarm intelligence and the social mind. After reading Rheingold, do you see that you have been involved in some form or other in "swarming"? What have you learned from Rheingold's many examples about how to cooperate more productively with your friends?
| 15 | 17 | 20 weeks 2 days ago by Tomas A. Limon |