"Back in 2004, I asked [Google founders] Page and Brin what they saw as the future of Google search. 'It will be included in people's brains,' said Page. 'When you think about something and don't really know much about it, you will automatically get information.'

'That's true,' said Brin. 'Ultimately I view Google as a way to augment your brain with the knowledge of the world. Right now you go into your computer and type a phrase, but you can imagine that it could be easier in the future, that you can have just devices you talk into, or you can have computers that pay attention to what's going on around them and suggest useful information.'

'Somebody introduces themselves to you, and your watch goes to your web page,' said Page. 'Or if you met this person two years ago, this is what they said to you... Eventually you'll have the implant, where if you think about a fact, it will just tell you the answer."

-From In the Plex by Steven Levy (p.67)

The extensive use of the internet seems to dull the mind. The way we are headed soon literally EVERYTHING will be done online. As a world we are headed to extreme laziness. Not to say I don't fall under this category because I use the internet daily. Computers do most of your thinking for you and not nearly as much work is required compared to pre-internet times. Also with every media website just one click away its easy to become distracted. I don't want to imagine having to do some of the research that is assigned to me without the internet and I give kudos to the many, many who did it before me. I think elderly people who grew up without all the technology of today are stronger intellectually. I don't know where technology is heading because it's difficult to keep up anymore really, but it wouldn't surprise me if one day schools provided every student with a computer because they will be a requirement soon.

In Search Of

The video makes me wonder if I get everything I want when I search using Google for example. Is there anything being hidden because of me because of what Google "knows about me"? Doing the research of Shakespeare again, I used more than just one search engine (Google). I also searched Shakespeare as many different ways as I could think of. I came across many more results.

Notes on Hamlet

First hearing that we were reading Hamlet, I was not excited at all frankly. Now that we are at Act III in the play however, it has turned out not being so bad and painful like I imagined. With the help of peers the play can be translated into our modern English. I can't wait to see how Hamlet decides to get revenge on Claudius.

To Facebook or not to Facebook?

My initial impression of Facebook was "How great, I can get on here and talk to my friends who are anywhere." I really liked the idea of this website. As a young teenager I saw it as another "myspace" type thing. On Facebook I can talk to my friends who live out of state and family from all over. It brings people together and that is one of the best things about Facebook. However, just like anything that you put your info into online, millions of people can find out a decent amount about your life. Also what you post on there could have a major impact on your life. If you post a picture of you doing something stupid, you may not get that job you're applying for. You have to be aware of the dangers there. The reading didn't have much of an effect on me really. I do think that if someone under the age of 13 is creating a profile they need parent consent just because most young teens don't think things all the way through sometimes.

Who was Shakespeare?

William Shakespeare was born around April 23, 1564 to John Shakespeare and Mary Arden, who lived in Stratford-upon-Avon.  John Shakespeare was a glover, successful leather merchant, alderman, and high bailiff of Stratford.  His mother, Mary Arden, was a land-owning local heiress.  The couple was relatively prosperous during William’s early life, but any wealth faded around 1570. It is believed that Shakespeare went to grammar school but never had any university schooling. When he was 18 he married Anne Hathaway who was 26. They had a child named Susana and later on twins named Hamnet and Judith. Shakespeare began selling his plays and eventually retired in 1611 back in Stratford. Other parts of his life are not traceable, for example there was a seven year span where Shakespeare disappeared basically, so much is still unknown about William Shakespeare. Shakespeare's work is seen as something very deep with unimaginable thought put into it and truly all of it is a masterpiece. Students realize this but they don't always want to put up with the reading because it provides a challenge. I've learned though that with some different resources, his work is really one of a kind.