My call for change deals with the development of the internet. My position is that people who make the web and those who use it need to move with the times!
Industrialism pushed the world forward. Many were overrun by it and that was bad but today we overwhelmingly view it as a good thing because we've moved so far forward. Its the same thing with pushing the internet forward. Some will get left behind but we'll all be so grateful for it in the future. Case in point of not following this philosophy is a recent decision by Microsoft to stop support the now ancient operating system, Windows XP. But, some client companies of Microsoft complained and offered Microsoft a lot of money so they didn't stop support. That's too bad and I've not doubt they'll regret it later.
Nationalism isolated groups of people as they moved forward. It allowed them to take pride in their country and make some advances that wouldn't have been able to happen otherwise. Its the same with the internet - if too many people get involved in the development of this great technology we all get bogged down. Let there be different "nations" pursuing different paths to success and may the greatest win. Which leads me to my next connection...
Darwinism - May the greatest technologies survive and all the other ones die ignominious deaths. For those of you who are curious as what exactly ignominious means I found the definition: deserving or causing public disgrace or shame.
Those should tie in well.
I remember having to look up ignominious after reading about...let's see, was it Korihor?...in Alma. It's a good word.
ReplyDeleteBefore, I never really "got" your topic. After hearing your presentation today, though, I really understand your call for change. I definitely think you should tie in industrialism, because the development of new technology is just an extension of what started in the nineteenth century. As far as other time periods go, you could definitely talk about how change might be tough, but worth it in the end (you mentioned the age of exploration; you could talk about revolutions that ended up well--cough cough America--as well).
I was a bit confused reading through your blog, but that's probably just because I am a bit ignorant about the topic. Macey mentioned in her comment that it made a lot more sense when you actually explained it which is good. I would just suggest that you make sure to explain your call for change in a way that everyone will understand. Not everyone knows much about this topic.
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