tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150236478537062944.post2978569973551070899..comments2023-06-16T11:37:28.405+02:00Comments on Mi vida en dos palabras...: Farenheit 451, Ray BradburyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150236478537062944.post-576675293565776842009-05-21T18:06:14.755+02:002009-05-21T18:06:14.755+02:00What's scary about this book is that his author re...What's scary about this book is that his author really understood (50 years in advance)that we can turn technologies that are supposedly to help us to leave a better, an easier live against ourselves. People in Farenheit 451 are very and truly not human. They are surrounded by noise all the time. They don't talk to each other about anything serious or profound and they certainly don't listen to each other. They are like machines. Very sad. But, there is hope at the end. So I guess it's a little bit pedagogical.Ana H.H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07653062200498785130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5150236478537062944.post-5856313104005423142009-05-21T17:27:37.966+02:002009-05-21T17:27:37.966+02:00I wrote a paper some time ago on some of the effec...I wrote a paper some time ago on some of the effects of various technologies like cell phones, iPods, IMs, etc. (Oh, the joys of being in school. ;-) ) It dealt with the idea of dual presence (or half presence), with people physically in one place but constantly mentally elsewhere through these machines which encourage superficial interactions, and the resulting disconnection from people, from reflection, and from silence.<br /><br />We keep reinventing Fahrenheit 451 in different ways every decade, don't we?Bridgetnoreply@blogger.com