Blog Post 2 Marc

In the past few weeks we had many good discussion topic questions that have started many good debates. The one topic I really enjoyed talking about was Lessig’s architecture freedom or control.  There were many different thoughts about Lessig’s theory. Another topic I enjoyed was talking about when does technological curiosity turn into a criminal action.  I have learned a lot not just from reading the book but also from all the discussion that takes place during the week.

            Going back to the topic about Lessig’s architecture freedom and control. Lessig suggested that the best way is to have control over the Internet. But I argued that both would be ideal for our lifestyles. We like having the freedom of the Internet but we also want some control so the freedom of the Internet doesn’t get out of hang.  I believe in today’s world we take our freedom for granted and don’t realize how much freedom we have. If the Internet did become a more controlled area by the government we would not like the change at all. We have adapted to the freedom of the Internet and even though some control is good, having complete control would be too much.  Lessig’s states, “As such, the code at Chicago favored freedom, or free speech” (Tavani 270). We as American’s favor freedom and is an important part to our country and there are many places were freedom can be displayed.

            My next topic I enjoyed was when does technological curiosity turn into criminal actions.  My answer to this question is when information starts to get taken. Information that a person should have that they got from the Internet turns into a criminal action. It is okay to have curiosity but when stuff that shouldn’t be looked at is taken then it turns into an illegal action. This ties into the freedom and control aspect of Lessig. Freedom is great until information is stolen. It seems we always take more action after something happens. For important information there should be more security on it to begin with so we all don’t have to worry about hackers being able to take something.

            I have learned a lot from all these topics and they will allow me to look at technology differently. When a good topic comes up that I really enjoyed I will always share something that I didn’t know with my friends because we all enjoy talking about technology. I didn’t have a huge knowledge base about technology ethics but my knowledge is growing and it is good to start learning more about the ethics side.

            I am looking forward to the next few weeks with the topics about digital divide and identity and experience online coming up. I think those are good topics to talk about and I will be able to learn a lot about them through the readings and all the discussion with the class.