The video “Web 2.0 … The Machine is Us/ing Us” by Mr. Wesch expresses the fact that we can do so much more with the web 2.0 world than just a paper and a pencil.
The “machine” is us. Simply put, we created the internet and the web; therefore it is a part of us. The web started out small. It was only used to find information. When we started making it more complicated, we added things to simplify it. We added learning to the web to make it this 2.0 version. Now we can do so much more with the web because it still has information, but it also has opinions, and the ability to share, trade, and collaborate.
This video was right. When we enter this world we need to rethink everything. We can’t have the same mindset of a two dimensional world anymore. A pencil and paper isn’t right for this job anymore. We need to think about the efficiency, simplicity, and new functionality of the web 2.0. We teach the machine by clicking on links and adding information, opinions, and ideas. Then we learn from the machine. We take opinions, ideas, and information and teach ourselves. The video mentioned rethinking copyright. In a web 2.0 world, there is a lot of gray. What’s right or what’s wrong. Everyone uses what they hear on a daily basis, it’s basically the same thing, but in text format. So the web 2.0 is more of a median that we can connect and share through.
So when the video says “The machine is us” or “We are teaching the machine” we truly are teaching ourselves but as a human race, not individually.
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