Feed

When I began reading the book "Feed" I was immediately drawn in by the unique language choice and that fact that for once, I had to interpret the language much like the elders of today have to do when they hear us speak. I liked how the book gave little details in the beginning so we had to use our imagination to picture the moon and what it would be like if we had the feed. In our imagination, I thought it sounded great. Look at an object and the feed brings up the specifications of it. Titus and his friends seemed very much like how we are today; only caring about ourselves, not worrying about the past or future, the laziness, etc. This made me reflect upon how our society is and similarities between them.

It is only when the kid's feeds get hacked that you start to realize how much better things are without the feed. They play a game in the hospital where they throw needles at a model of the human body. In my opinion they were having more fun than they ever did with the feed. This is when how I looked at the book changed. I immediately started to look at the negative impact of the feed, from the lack of social life to the fact that it can never turn off and if it does. . . you die. You have to wonder how corporations were able to come up with such a technology. Sure we love our computers and they certainly expand our horizon on what is possible to do without even moving, but do we really want them interfering with every part of our life?

There are serious problems in the world in "Feed" and we can only hope that things aren't taken that far. However, with the common sense that lacks in our government, it seems inevitable that our world could resemble that of "Feed".