The concept of ‘human’

“The concept of ‘human’ is unthinkable without technology but we act as it is" (Shaw, 2008, P 81)

When Debra Shaw says this she means that humans today would not be the way they are now without technology because our species has advanced and progressed because of technology for example they have MRI scan machines that let you see people's brains and it helps to find tumors or anything else wrong with your head or another good example which would be a heart pump that connects to the heart and pumps blood around the body.

We cannot live without technology in our everyday lives. Shaw writes in Techno-culture that technology defines whom we are as people from how we interact with technology. Shaw writes about how the body doesn't put thought into media and technology instead it coexists alongside it. Technology greatly influences peoples lives for example when I was younger I got my first gaming console and that greatly influenced me because from then on I have been interested in games and I feel like it made an impact on my life. Because of my interest in gaming and computers I can easily adapt to new programs and learn them easily.

"we may have 'made' these machines but now, in a very real sense, they make us" (Shaw, 2008, pg.88).

What Shaw means when she says this is that because even though we created machines we have become too dependent on them and we now revolve around technology, a good example of this would be like someone forgetting to bring their phone out with them nowadays  they will feel lost and confused because they don't have it on them it has advanced so much that people can't spend a day without using technology even as I type this I am using technology.

we can look at the digital age as  one big community because of access to technology such as the internet which allows us to talk to people from all around the world and people will create forums, help people and more and more people will start helping each other and so on.

Bibliography

D. Shaw (2008). Technoculture: The Key Concepts. Oxford: Oxford Berg Press. 81-102.