So here we arrive again at the reoccurring theme 'cyberspace'. This term can be defined as an electronic medium of computer networks. The reading this week by John Barlow, ‘A Declaration of the Independence of Cyberspace', was very interesting as many topics that I hadn't thought about were raised. 'I ask you of the past to leave us alone. You are not welcome among us. You have no sovereignty where we gather.' I found this quote to be particularly interesting as it hints at the fact that the past has no value and no control of what the future will be, even though the future is dependent on the past. The past is significant as it didn't offer society the greatness of 'cyberspace'.
The format of the reading was unique in the way it was written as if it is a letter to the past, telling them how amazing the world has become. Has the bridge between the past and the future become that dividing? This reading is saying that our society has completely morphed into this whole new space. I agree with Barlow that 'cyberspace' is an amazing concept and has been an aid in our lives, but I think there are definitely values of the past that have deteriorated for example the face to face communication.
'Cyberspace consists of transactions, relationships, and thought itself, arrayed like a standing wave in the web of our communications. Ours is a world that is both everywhere and nowhere, but it is not where bodies live.' To me this quote again concretes the whole new world. So how different is the past before all this technology? Have we really become disfigured into a new type of reality?
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