So first off, Facebook has become an electric social-life of sorts, and as with all technology it has its advantages and disadvantages in regards to how you use it. And personally, I think a lot of the people my age have invested too much value in FB (and I admit I'm guilty for doing that as well). I mean, I know I get way too excited when my comments or photos get a lot of likes. It can also be very satisfying to have a noticeably active FB profile. Yeah look how fun and cool I was this past weekend. Etc. etc.
It's silly to think like this, but this is kind of what FB has turned into and I think that I want to start looking at it differently. The way Deckard would have treated his electric goat. I have to understand that as social of a website as FB can be, it will never be able to fulfill my social needs as much one of my friends can, offline of course.
Some people are already aware of this, others have no clue, and there's a range of people that lie in-between this spectrum. I'd say I wish that more people would understand FB for what it is, but honestly, I believe FB's most active users will always be composed of people that expect more than what's possible from the website. Should be interesting to see how future generations of FB'ers see the website and whether they're even more invested in it.
~~~~ And now for the Radiolab content! ~~~~
1) (So-Called) Life - the Radiolab audio-team look at electric vs. natural life, in the same vein of my older posts they discuss Turing's CAPTCHA Test, Furbies vs. Barbies, and the most sentient robot in the world. Very cool stuff! Definitely check it out.
2) Intelligent Design (scroll down a bit) - are living organisms machines with genes??? another fascinating
3) More on the personal life of Turing if you're interested. Unbelievable guy with an incredible mind. Much respect.
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