Waking Up Devon~

I had long since forgotten my love of comics! Now a passion renewed! But this is NOT just a comic, it IS a Graphic Novel!

What can I say; I am a nut for science fiction. I am even more so a sucker for the "bad" hero, the once victimized, slightly psychotic, musically eloquent, master of mind and body, destroyer of evil HERO! Deep in the recesses of my soul there lies a warrior spirit who would smite all those I found to be destroyers of good, DAMN all these material "responsibilities" that I cling to! These roles that we are taught to play or fear consequence, DAMN them ALL!!

I'm sorry, I tend to immerse myself in fiction to escape the mediocrity of real life...

Did anyone else feel like running out in the rain naked after our reading??

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I know it is late, but I haven't finished it yet! This is a book I think I'm going to have to read all of though! So far there have been parts that really speak to me, on pg. 151
"Cyborgs are not reverent; they do not re-member the cosmos. They are wary of holism, but needy for connection-they seem to have a natural feel for united front politics, but without the vanguard party. The main trouble with cyborgs, of course, is that they are the illegitimate offspring of militarism and patriarchal capitalism, not to mention state socialism. But illegitimate offspring are often exceedingly unfaithfull to their origins. Their fathers, after all, are inessential."

This whole paragraph defining what a cyborg is, seems to also define a generation. A generation of illegitimat offspring, exceedingly unfaithfull to their origins, whose fathers are inessential. This sounds bleek, but I don't think it has to be so. A lot of Haraway's writing feels a bit over my head, as if I am not educated enough to be reading this. But I like it.

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Points I need to ponder...

-- pg. 278: "availability and accessability are not the same thing"

-- pg.275: "information that will need to be used in many different ways needs to be taught in many different ways."

-- pg.312: "Historical record reveals that teachers have fiercely resisted all educational techology and associated

educational practice..."

"...Not afraid to challenge and disagree..."

This is the evolution of our thinking. To keep pushing for better ways to learn, to become unbiased in our intake of knowledge. To exploit all possible "learning tools" to the best of our abilities.

I am having a tough time putting together one train of thought, or one solid thesis for this book. I know it is all about hypertext, but for me some of his arguments about/for/against hypertext seem dated or irrelevent. And no I can't elaborate on that right this minute. So I'm just trying to focus on some points that are really interesting to me. He talks a lot about hypertext and education. The evolution of technology and education, perhaps I can work something out of this.

My mind has just been on the fritz lately, CANT FOCUS!! Ah well, how bout this weather, I have missed the rain somewhat...

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