Meeting Minutes

Group Members Present – Brian, Donovan, Simon, Brayden

Reviewed the following:  

Simon did not finish his computing technology section. Donovan’s section needs to be expanded. Inconsistent formatting across the website. Alejandro’s work isn’t correctly formatted.  

Discussed  

• Consistent formatting + add Alejandro’s work into the website + add meeting notes, Merriweather 12: Brian Wang 

• Finish/polish/add more Donovan’s sections: Donovan 

• Need for consistent formatting (convert Alejandro’s work into website format). Merriweather 12: Brian Wang 

• Add Meeting Notes: Brian Wang 

• Add Images to Doc – Everyone 

• Add section on relevance of the computing technology: Brayden 

• Add portrayal to computing technology: Simon 

• Finish website and movie overview on main page 

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Began computing technology section. Reviewed work currently completed. Goal: complete website by end of the week. Meeting iis same time next week. 

All group members present

Tasks:

• Donovan: Finishing drafts of assigned chapters by Friday/Saturday 

• Brian: Finish timeline and summary, finish in depth analysis by Saturday 

• Simon: Add scenes, add evidence to paragraphs. Analyze the computing technology.  

• Brayden: Finish drafts by Saturday 

• Alejandro: Please finish your chapters by Saturday. 

Reviewed work currently done. Once finished with drafts, begin presentation. Review group member’s writing before next meeting 3-4pm Innovation 104 next Wednesday.  

All Members Present

Reviewed project requirements and assigned sections to focus on for each group member. Discussed movie and briefly planned rest of project. Below is a list of brief ideas discussed that can be used for analysis. 

• Technology used for bad, positive moment at end with the father 

• Misuse of technology. But you still hope they succeed? 

• Unethical, crime-centered movie. Invasion of privacy of thoughts. Is a right to your own thoughts a given? Showing how technology is invading our privacy, the idea that our thoughts are our last personal privacy, the closest thing, is being eroded by technology.  

• Loss of sense of self due to the technology 

• How technology is used with bias, 

• Connects to points about marketing, influencing people’s thoughts, connects to people’s fears that technology and targeting campaigns are invading people’s privacy and freedom/sense of self 

• Connects to education, conspiracy/brainwashing 

• Internet – hyperreality, growth in virtual reality – subconsciously more difficult to separate self from what real and what's technology/not real 

• Desensitization due to technology 

• Experimentation between wife and Cobb gone wrong, implanted thoughts were assumed to only influence wife in dream world, did not expect it to continue in reality 

• Technology necessitates security 

• Robert Fischer is unable to distinguish between who’s hostile even with training. Emphasizes use of technology for unethical purposes.  

• Accept reality for what it is (nihilistic?), Cobb doesn’t check the top to see his kids 

• Is the whole movie a dream or not 

• Accept what you’re given? Don’t focus on discerning what's real and what's that.  

• Embracing what you’re given makes Cobb and Cobb with his wife enjoyable.  

• Cobb knowing that he was in a dream gave him a desire to escape 

Next meeting: September 17th, 3pm - 4pm, Innovation 104.