Final Presentation

 Ferris's Relationship with Technology

    Considering I am a Game Design major I would say that technology is going to play a huge part in my life. Despite that, I still use technology every day whether that is using my phone to make plans with friends or doing homework. Avoiding technology is next to impossible so why not embrace it? I think that technology is super cool and the possibilities for it are pretty much endless. If you asked my grandmother what she thought of my relationship with technology she would think I'm the smartest guy out there but if you asked my best friend he would say that I know nothing about computers. I am excited for the future of technology as it will lead to more and more innovative inventions and creations. The only thing that I can say I am worried about for our future is our laziness. One of the most successful business industries in recent years is Uber Eats and Door Dash. People are paying up to double for food just because it is more convenient. My online presence is weird. If you look me up you will find my Linked in and a bunch of people named Lewis Ferris. Now if you really dig deep you will find my Youtube Channel that has a bunch of Lego videos I made when I was young. They honestly have an impressive amount of views for a twelve-year-old. I am not scared if an employer sees that because if he does I will say hey man I've been creating things since I was a kid. 

Final Blog Post

 Our Relationship with Technology

I think that overall Technology has caused more good than bad. While yes there is a lot of cyberbullying and people are always glued to their phones, Technology has allowed us to share content with anyone on the planet instantly. It allows information to be communicated much quicker. If anything Technology has saved more lives than caused deaths. With technology, we are able to communicate with others much quicker. Anything you want to know is a quick google search away. I think that for some people it can become a bad habit. I mean we are all guilty of it. I have this one game on my phone that I play for multiple hours every day. I will sometimes be riding in the car with my mom playing my game as she is talking to me and I am only half listening and it makes her angry. Despite all of this Technology has done some magnificent things. We are able to perform surgery across the country with robots. We also have access to any information instantly. Perhaps one of the most impactful things Technology has done for us is through the huge huge amounts of entertainment it can bring. Whether that be through watching Youtube or Netflix or playing a video game technology provides entertainment to everyone at some point or another. I think that our world is evolving and more accepting of technology. I grew up with it and so I understand it and think that it is normal. While someone who is older and has lived the majority of their life without a smart device always on them has a completely different point of view. I think that they probably have much better social skills than our generation and may find information more valuable. While my generation is quicker to learn things and more ambitious since they grew up being able to know anything whenever they want. I am a Game Design major so for me, technology is quite literally going to be my livelihood and future. Now putting the bias behind me I think that when determining if technology is healthy or unhealthy it really just depends on the person. Like most things in life I don't think it is fair to generalize it being flat out good or flat out bad. People can do good things with it like save lives or create something entertaining for people. But people can also do bad things with it like plan bomb heists or something. I think that overall technology is good for society and I don't think we should look at it as a bad thing. It really is what you do with it. Some people are glued to their phones and that's their personality. But not everyone is like that. I mean you can also find out a lot by googling someone. There are not many Ferris's out there so for me it's pretty easy. If you google me you will find my Instagram, Linkedin, and my Youtube channel from when I was young with a bunch of old Lego videos on it. There are also pictures of people who are not me. In those descriptions, it said Lewis Ferris so I think it is safe to assume that Ferris was their last name. Ferris Linkedin 

Blog post 10

 The Five Eyes

The five eyes is an organization comprised of the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, and the United Kingdom. They would trade many secrets about various topics. We do not know specifically what they talk about other than it is on surveillance and intelligence. We do know that the five eyes operate and staff multiple bases across different countries. Another thing about the five eyes is that they are not governed by anything at all so they are able to say whatever they want to these other countries and nobody can know what they are talking about. For all, we know they could be planning an attack on other countries. The Five eyes have also expanded their eyes to add more countries to their group. However, each set of eyes still meet without the other eyes. The nine eyes added Denmark, France, The Netherlands, and Norway. So what I'm saying is that the original still meet without the nine. After the nine eyes, there were the 14 eyes which added Germany, Belgium, Italy, Spain, and Sweeden. Just like before The 14 eyes cant meet unless the nine eyes are there too. The eyes have expanded to over 41 and you can see the full list at https://privacyinternational.org/learn/five-eyes. While the five eyes are very secretive sometimes leaks will get out. For example, it was recently revealed that New Zealand did not agree with the other four eyes about China's rapid growth and exports. I personally don't find that interesting. What I find more interesting is how did something like this leak? Who told the public? Who did they tell and why? I mean it just doesn't make sense to me. I mean who gets to take place in these meetings? If it's just the government's official leaders then it had to have been one of them right. I don't know man. https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australia-new-zealand-disagree-over-role-of-five-eyes-intelligence-pact-as-china. Australia also wanted the Five Eyes to expand its economic growth to China. I am not sure what else the Five Eyes talk about because they are very secretive about what they talk about. Some of the government officials were even joking calling it the four eyes. Japan is one of the tier B countries and Japan’s government official said that he would like to see more inclusion of China in the Five Eyes. I find that this is honestly scary. I know pretty much everything is imported from China but still, it seems like China still has things that they are not telling us. It’s not that I think we are enemies with China I just don’t think they should be considered one of our closest allies. I mean not even the general public knows what the five eyes are talking about why should we trust a communist country? That’s just my take on it. I do not know a lot about politics nor do I follow them I just am speaking what sounds logistic to me.