Lecture Five

Well today I got myself in a complete mental mess! There were times when I thought I was right on track and then seconds later I was way out in space. Our group discussed the issue of being a free agent. We began with the argument that in 99% of situations individuals are free agents. We decided this because in most situations there is an element of choice. The choice may not always be very big, but most of the time there is at least more than one option to choose from. We then moved from this argument to revised version. Being a freed agent is on a continuum. It is to simplistic to say that one is either freed or not. We came to the conclusion that there is varying degrees of “freedness” The more resources one has the more freed they become. Resources do not only includ monetary items, it also includes time, knowledge, physical ability, ect. Obviously the more resources one has, the more choices and options one has, so the more freed they become. I’m not entirely sure what all this has to do with the internet. All our group could come up with was that the above rule regarding the level of freedness applies to all things including an individual’s use of the net and technology in general. If someone has a dialup connection they are freed to an extent, but not to the extent of someone with a highspeed connection, who can use more Web 2.0 sites such as YouTube.I really enjoyed todays lecture. The discussion was not only fun, but having the oportunity to talk F2F about the issues of the lecture really helpped my understanding of the subject.

We should do it again.

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