Meeting Minutes

9/23, 2:00 - 3:00 - Discord Call, website notes

Presentation:

• Synopsis + Relevant Timeline

• Conclusion

• 5-6 Arguments (each should have supporting data + touch on a chapter)

• Citations

Conclusion Thinking:  

• Thinking: Television / media consumption / loss of privacy, 

• Dehumanization - use of excessive surveillance, system understands all actions made by participants, loss of authenticity

  • Not just from the government, but from the way that community interacts with one another. No interpersonal privacy

  • Every aspect of the individual is a quantitative piece of information. No room for individuality

    • You are forced to portray yourself in a regulated way. Only a certain number of items to obtain.

  • Either a worker -- gaining credits, spending credits, or a channel creator -- deciding the future of fellow citizens

• Forced to rely on the technology. Not riding the bikes is bad. 

• Clear hierarchy:

  • Channel creator

  • Bike rider 

  • Cleaner

• Theory that bikes are not actually necessary -- the system is created to enforce an ever-lasting, non-problematic society

• New channel created to talk about the flaws of the system, but this new channel doesn't change the minds of anyone watching. Channels are meant and shown to connect individuals in the system, but they don't actually add to society.

  • The illusion of expressing yourself, especially in content, is created through automated means

Conclusion: Excessive dependence on technology leads to dehumanization and the loss of an authentic society.

Synopsis (Javier) : 

Technology (Javier) :

Argument 1 (Alex): Dependence on hierarchy

Argument 2 (Javier) :  Loss of privacy

Argument 3 (Nora): Loss of individual expression and thought

Argument 4 (Matthew): The creation of a reactionary culture

Argument 5 (Adam): Reliance on technological systems connecting society

Counterpoint (Mathew): Some connections can never be made without technology.   There is a different way of communicating with others.  Bing's message can be spread across the world.  

Rebuttal (Mathew): Due to the surrounding reactionary culture created by technology, society cannot critically interpret Bing's message, therefore the message ..... 

Responsible for the website (Alex)

Responsible for the slideshow (Adam)

Per argument:

• 1 slide in terms of the movie

• 2 slide involves book and external source