We Are All Cyborgs Now 

• we are all cyborgs - every time we look at a computer screen/phone 
• if we print out our computer, it'll be thousands of pounds 
• we have a second self (present ourself in digital life) people are interacting with us online whether or not we are there 
• everyone carries wormholes in their pockets (A to B immediately)
• you can stand on one side of the world, whisper & it’ll be heard on the other side
• kids today have an instantaneous culture 
• machines are helping us be more human; co creating eachother all the time (things are beautiful & it’s still human connection, just done in a different way) 

Big Mother is Watching

• this author is obsessed with her sleep cycle app (hovering so self-righteously over 8hrs of sleep, sends to friends, instagrams it, etc) 
• lives by the quality percentage of her sleep (grades her day based on her sleep Ex). B+ for 88% sleeping quality) 
• cheats bc staying up messes with the way she likes to believe/present how she lives (pretends they don’t exist in order to protect her fixed reality)
• “actionless sleep & good sleep aren’t the same thing”
• 2013, man convicted of man slaughter using “Strava data concerning his speed on his bike”
• people track things centered around health, hobbies, and things they’re curious about based on the way we navigate in this world 
• happiness is rooted in transparency; knowledge is the source of peace; life is made of data - life that is readable (changeable) is life at its most optimized 

#week2 #reading

“We are all cyborgs now”

• Cyborg: an organism “to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments. 

• Inside a computer there’s thousands of information that is important to us. 

• We have a “second self” online. 

• Technology is made for humans 

• Called phones “wormholes”

• People mentally transform themselves when on their phone 

• Ambient intimacy - “were not always connected to everybody, but at anytime we can connect to anyone we want”. 

• People aren’t taking time for mental reflection anymore

• Machines aren’t really taking over, it’s that they’re helping us to be more human. It helps us connect with each other.

“Big Mother is Watching You”

• Tracks her sleeping cycle with an app called Sleep Cycle. 

• “By 2018, there will be 60 millions fitness tracers in use worldwide”

• The Apple Watch aims to put health trackers on 15 million wrists. 

• Trackers have still penetrated only 3% of the marketplace.

• “The next generation of devices will promise ways to think about our bodies and lives in fundamentally more sophisticated, profound, and actionable ways.”

• Knowledge is a source of peace.

"We Are All Cyborgs Now"

- We are "cyborgs" becayse most of our time is spent on computers/phones

- Children revolve around technology because it's all around them

- We rely on "external brains" (technology) to communicate, not much face to face communication

- We have a second self online that we have to maintain and people interect with

- Our values and cultures are being shaped by technology (evolving us)

- Technology is not adopted because it works but because we use it

"Big Mother Is Watching You"

- In today's society everything can be tracked by technology, sleep, steps, fitness routine, location etc. 

- By 2018 there will be 60 million fitness trackers worldwide

- Technology captures data that used to be inaccessible

- Data from companies are suppose to private but they can change the privacy policy even after you've read the terms and conditions, third party companies are allowed to buy data from them

- In the future there will be more data which means employers will create more technology to tack data

#Read

We are all cyborgs:

-The traditional definition of cyborg is “an organism to which exogenous components have been added for the purpose of adapting to new environments”. It was first published in 1960 paper on space travel. 

-Technology is an extension of our mental self and because of that we are able to travel faster, communicate differently.

-“Mary Poppins” technology: you can put anything on it, doesn’t get heavier and when you don’t need it anymore you just take it out. 

-Cellphones are mental warm wholes: you can click on anything and be from A to B instantly. 

-Amber Case is worried about people not taking time for mental reflection anymore. Addicting culture of instant gratification. 

Big Mother is Watching You:

-She tracks her sleep using an app called Sleep Cycle.

-She does not have any children and she is a journalist.

-She cheats the app by not checking in the nights that she stays up and out, because they mess with her stats. 

-She had used the app for three years when she found out that apps that use motion to track sleep are extremely imprecise. 

-They are creating new devices to dig deeper into the health world. They want to use these devices to transform information into something individuals can use to prevent further health problems.  

-People are scared that this data which is being collected by the devices is being sold or used for a different motive presented.

As we explore ways to tell our stories we have also delved into the shape of other tales. Today we looked at the shape of the research article.

Students got into groups and then tried to trace the shape of the article.

We then discussed how the genre of research like a fable has a very common pattern to follow. Next we defined key terms students may come across when reading research.

Overall it was a fun day of learning. I found it quite invaluable to have students dissect the text structure of a research article and then define key terms educators will come across.