9/10/2014

In Neil Postman's article, the second idea he presents is that there are winners and losers when new technology is created. He suggests that the winners of the computer revolution, large corporations and computer companies, are trying to convince everyday people, the losers, of their need for computers. I believe that in today's world the large corporations and computer companies are not the only winners. Through open source projects we are no longer required to simply buy whatever the large corporations want us to use. We have the option to choose and this takes some power away from the computer companies and large corporations and gives it to ordinary people. Thereby making everyday people winners as well.