THE FUTURE

I cannot even fathom what the future is going to be like. I think it could go two ways. We've already seen such an instant evolution of technology and media over these past few years. I think that things we can't even imagine will be invented in the future and completly change the way we live our lives. I do believe that one day televisions will be cut out of the picture, much like any old technology. I think that there will be flat screens all over people's homes which can perform any functions they would like; telephone, internet, TV, etc. So technology can either run almost every aspects of our lives, or it can pretty much stay the same amount as it is involved in our lives right now. I think that some people will be very weary of technology running people's lives as it takes out the human aspect of our very existence. But as long as the world keeps turning, people are going to be inventing new technology and new ways of live, just as it has been done for as long as man has been living!

Journalism 2.0 on Science 2.0

I can completly agree with the scientists who oppose the open access to scientific journals. That is their work in progress (some of them it's their life work!) and it is just opened for anyone to see, I wouldn't want that either. I especially agree with the part that some people might try and steal others work or ideas and publish it first, that is not cool! On the other hand I can see where people would think this would be a good idea so that the general public could know what scientific research was going on and what conclusions were found. I think we are coming into the age where ALL information is going to try and be published online and that is already creating a lot of arguments and debates. I just got an email with this link {http://aclu.org/pizza/images/screen.swf} about the scary future of personal information being available to anyone throughout computer systems. crazy to think about!