Digital nation

In this video, “Digital Nations," Douglas Rushkoff and Rachael Dretzin had taken us, their audience, deeper into the technology world. It had showed us that Technology today, has overtaken many people around the world, including Korea as well as the U.S. There was a person who had gave an example regarding a persons "choice" to get addicted to online games. In other words, he had said, "If a person is born a peasant, that's what their life comes to be. Therefore, if someone had given them the choice where they could enter a world where they could be a king, who wouldn't take that offer?" On chapter 6 of the video, the main point was that millions of people around the world are inhabiting the Net as if it were an actual realistic place that existed, which also satisfies being able to play and connect with diverse people all over the world. Therefore, people seemed to build relationships with people whom they do not know. In Korea, there is a 2 week camp for kids who had devoted all of their time to online games and were so addicted that they wouldn't do anything but play games. This video had also shown where the game industry throws a huge party for all of it's fans. Many of the people who attend say that they connect with all of the "strangers" at the party whom of which they do not know at all, but play online games with. They had said that they connect a lot more and better with the people from their "fantasy world" than they do in real life. Towards the end of the video, a women had said that maybe through technology the kids are getting something that we today aren't sure on what it is yet. Sure, maybe the internet is weakening our reading and writing skills but what if it carries something much greater?
In my view, I do agree with what the people including what Douglas Rushkoff had said. He loves the fact who people take any type of technology and "use it to express themselves." I truly agree with this and continue to support it.
In my experience, I do see how technology has overpowered many people that I know personally, but I don't see this as exactly a bad thing. One of the people I know is extremely smart in solving problems and mysteries. He can figure anything out no matter how hard it is. Personally, I think this is a very unique skill acquired from all of his gaming experience. I think that in his though, he should put these to greater use. Maybe choose a career as an F.B.I. or anything that has to do with solving something. Personally though, I've realized that my writing has actually improved with technology. For instance, let's say I’m writing an essay and come across a word that I would want to make more "juicer." I can quickly open a thesaurus page online and find a list of great words that I could use. This is just one example. I have come across many problems while writing or reading and with having the internet, I seem to able to solve my problems right away. Therefore, I deplore the tendency to disagree with the people who say that technology is making people "stupid" or getting people very addicted that they have to attend a camp in order to "withdrawal" for the internet. Instead, I recommend people to continue using the Internet in ways that are great for society and themselves. For those people who are extremely addicted, I strongly think that they should lay off a little. It isn't a good thing to be an addict for technology because it doesn't always bring great things. People just have to use it right and in ways that is could rewarding in the long run.