Weekly Readings

After reading the first two chapters in Ritchin's book I found myself feeling very unsettled. He makes reference to how our society has become overly controlled by the photograph instead of the actual event and how we are rapidly approaching a digitalized altered reality. I knew that our dependence on electronics was bad, but this article really made it blatantly clear. It made me want to go camping and escape it all.

Throughout chapter two he discusses the parallels that are occurring between digital manipulation and DNA studies. It seems so obvious now that these two subjects would go hand in hand, though I have never really connected the two before. We have gotten to a point where anything less than perfection is unacceptable, therefore sadly it seems unlikely to be able to go back. We are then left only with the option to keep pushing forward in hopes to reach new levels of "perfection."