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In Media Res, according to dictionary.com is a Latin word meaning, straight into the middle of a sequence of events, a story told starting at a mid-point or at the conclusion versus the beginning. In Media Res provides introduction of a story to be filled with drama and sets up the backdrop for the entire story. In his college years a young Bob Johnson was working towards getting his BA from the University of Arizona Tucson, while flipping through pages of information in an Encyclopedia he was attempting to finish typing a paper, when he ran out of ink in his typewriter. He had to go visit his aunt in the middle of the night to finish his paper for class. Today, we have technology at our fingertips, and can easily access the archives of the world. But is this good for us? Or is it damaging to our health?
Life is “the quality that makes living animals and plants different from dead organisms and inorganic matter. Its functions include the ability to take in food, adapt to the environment, grow, and reproduce” (dictionary.com). We are quickly reaching out into different advances. Next on the list to be completed is Artificial Intelligence. The definition for life is slowly changing as the advances in A.I. move forward. In 1953 Watson and Crick discovered DNA, the genetic code for living organisms. While artificial intelligence may be able to walk, talk, listen, and have emotions, I do not see how it is possible for them to be considered “alive” considering they do not fit the definition for life, and they do not have DNA.
Our already vastly technological society is thriving on the need for the latest and most advanced gadgets, iPhones, iPads, laptops, machines, projectors, TVs, and much more. The freshman class of 2015 at St. Scholastica is the first class to attend college that is younger then the Internet. “So what’s new for the class of 2015? For starters, these kids are younger than the Internet. They have been doing Google searches almost as long as they could stand on two feet and toddle over to the keyboard… so they’ve almost always been able to download music, swipe credit cards, and by products from Amazon” states Jenn Savedge, author of green parenting books and blogs about raising eco-friendly kids. Today’s toddlers are able to flip through the different apps offered on an iPad, but when given a magazine they can’t figure out how to turn the pages, there isn’t a button or a screen to do it for them. Our society is reaching a point where we will no longer want to do anything on our own. Just like in the Pixar film, “Wall-E”, the world becomes so filled with waste that the world’s population becomes trapped in an outer space alternative society, where everything, is run by technology. The people do not do anything on their own, they don’t know how to walk, swim, or even communicate. Wall-E is a forecast for the future it is preparing us for what is to come if we do not make a change.
Research says that 60 percent of the extra pounds Americans have been put on as a result in the decline in physical demands based on technology in computers, states John Geralds and author for a technology news, reviews and analysis at V3. Today, people would rather sit in front of a computer or a TV and use gaming systems then go outside and go for a walk or play or leave their house. This sedentary life style is then compounded with “easy access food” with do not contain the nutrients that are needed for a healthy balanced diet. Our society can go on without to many further advancements in technology, while everything is new and exciting we need to take a step back and focus on the toll it is taking on all of us. While technology has its advances and its pros, there are also many cons that need to be taken into account and need to have some attention drawn to them.
Finally, today Bob Johnson and his wife Anne are proud owners of a Duluth business called, National Audio Visual. They spend their lives with modern technology and helping other people. I am proud to call them my parents and am glad that I have been able to learn so much about what they do and how they help people with technology.
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