Cybernetics

In the play American Century by Murphy Guyer, we find a woman waiting on her husband Tom to return from war. Upon his return while they’re reuniting, they are interrupted by a stranger, Tommy, who claims to be their son. Although at first Tom doesn’t believe him and thinks it’s a scam, the woman name Margaret knew the entire time because of motherly instincts. He goes on to tell them about the future and how he got back by taking drugs because he is a schizophrenic. He then continues to describe…

In fiction, the digital world is portrayed through imagery and character. These are methods of communication that translate easily to audiences. In reality, however, discussions of the digital are described through metaphor and thought experiments. We seek to either concretize the digital through examining historical developments in technology or abstract the digital in philosophical debate. A third option, as proposed by Daniel Downes in Interactive Realism: The Poetics of Cyberspace, is to…

Paternal Grandmother I have to start my autobiography off by saying I have no knowledge of my mother’s family and I have to apologize for having no interest in learning about that side of the family. This autobiography will be a reflection of my family related to only the paternal side. I will start with my father 's mother. My grandmother originally born Sheryl Lynn’ Ann Williams, now Sharon Williams, was born in New Orleans Louisiana. She was born on April 5th, 1949 and was the youngest of 8.…

Colonel Burns was brought on board at Angaros' request as well as eight other men from his old unit. The team that stormed the building would consist of sixteen, himself, Burns, eight of his men and six men and two woman from the defenders, the name by which the secret organization called itself. Although Burns outranked him, Angaros was in charge of the operation and given a six star insignia on his new uniform. Another twenty would guard the exterior and prevent any snorpians from escaping.…

The Social Epidemic of Inequality in Canada: Gender Inequality Through the years, social stratification of Canada has progressed and altered by cultural changes and social changes in society (Cummings et al. 2017). Gender inequality is a prevalent form of social stratification of Canada that engages oppression and marginalization (Cummings et al. 2017; Rushowy 2018). In the early 1900s, the acknowledgment of women as persons was established by the women’s suffrage movement (Strong-Boag 2016).…

constructively on the real. Cyberspace opens the possibility for identity play, but it is very serious play.”( Sherry Turkle) This approach has methodological implications. Considering of the internet as an object of study means studying only the cybernetic identity; online communication; and online social norms, rules, and customs, without seeing the other direction, namely how conventional social norms and values are being imitated in the online world.The internet has been hailed for the…

Sharing our feelings, likes, or dislikes on social media is quite the thing for many nowadays. Many individuals expose a certain personality throughout sites or apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat, and many more. For some, it is much easier to express emotion when they are behind screens. For others, there are simply boundaries or different personalities within real life and a cyber community. “We engage in impression management to present an ideal self to others” (Durden 2016).…

the bookselling world, there are two major players in the United States, Amazon and Barnes & Nobles. They both have dominated in the bookselling market, and that has been contributed to an effective and creative system that caters to this modern cybernetic world. The company that I will be focusing on will be Barnes & Noble, because of its physical locations that any customer may…

Case study: Anonymous While the motivation of terrorist acts remains the same, the rapid evolution of technique has provided to those that use terror as a method to attain their goals, new weapons with a potential that is not fully quantified. The database, the measures of protection and security, the equipments meant to reassure our safety are exposed to those new types of weapons, the traditional methods of fight becoming impractical. The cyber-crimes are a supplement for cyber-terrorism in…

Laptops computers, convenient for its mobile design and Wi-Fi capability, designed for anyone who is on the go, or a luxury device for home. A large number of laptops offer Wi-Fi compatibility and various applications such as music, DVD/CD players, and games. Some even offer camera’s so users can Skype each other from all around the world; these cameras are dangerous as they are susceptible to hackers. A hacker mostly works in the cyberspace and uses information on the web and techniques to…