Smart Mobs

I felt the article, Smart Mobs, was a good article. It seemed a bit extreme and unrealistically, but at the same time not that extreme at all. Our world has grown tremendously in the last century and even decade. Many people did not think our world would be where it is today, so really a device that can tell us directions once we point at a street sign is not that out of reach. When describing Smart Mobs, Rheingold says “Smart Mobs aren’t a “thing” that you can point to with one finger or describe with two word, and more than “the faternet” was a thing you can point to…Smart Mobs are unpredictable but at least partially describable emergent property that I see surfacing as more people use mobile telephones, more chips communicate with each other, more computers know where they are located, more technology becomes wearable, more people start using these new medias to invent new forms of sex, commerce, entertainment, communication, and as always, conflict.” It is true, Smart Mobs are unpredictable. I am anxious to see where are world is headed to next!A big part of this article was about mobile devices and cell phones. Cell phones are huge in our culture, and in most cultures. There are so many technological advances in mobile devices anymore that we are so lost without our cell phone. Having a cell phone is such an amazing development, but it can get a bit too much. Texting is a huge part of a cell phone. This can be good in terms of being convenient and practical in certain times when needing a fast, quick response. However, I think our generation is getting stuck in the techno-phase, where cell phones have become the means to everything. For example, texting a person out on a date or asking serious questions to another individual through the cell phone by text. I personally think that texting is not the way to handle important things. We need to step it up, whether we are afraid to confront real life or not. For one, we can not see the other person or we may take words the wrong way. I think we are hidden by technology. We use technology to do our dirty work at times, which should not be the case. What happened to being personal with a person without the use of mobile devices? Smart Mobs are great and can be exciting to society, but what we need to look at is how we use these devices. Yes, our world has grown into this techo-world, but there is a time and place for everything, we just need to realize that.
http://www.helium.com/tm/497230/cellphone-usage-present-society