Blog Entry 9

Not everyone will accept the information of the truth. Unfortunately the truth is not for everyone to assimilate. Sometimes reality cannot be absorbed in the right way without the proper conditions been taken placed first.

Like in the matrix when neo is first contacted he refused to wake up from the fictional life, even Morpheus mentioned to Neo that is not recommended to unplug those after certain age because they cannot handle the truth and are tended to refuse the liberation.

Similar when a person starts a gym routing, the first week of lifting weight the muscles will get very sore and will hurt after gym sections, after several months this pain goes away because the muscles grows and gets used to the tension and the weight pressure imposed to them. Same way our brain works, and many other things in our life works similar to this assimilation stage as well.

When kids are growing is not wise to expose them the crude and cold adult world, they are many things we need to hide(disguise) and not teach them yet  till certain age later on when they are older and ready to bare the shock of reality.

Taking the assimilation process in consideration there is no doubt that some people will just not be ready to accept the real information of the truth and will stay in the shadows till the timing is right or maybe not at all, some will stay in the dark shadows without the chance of ever waking up to the real light.

Blog Entry 8

Ignorance is bliss?

Sometimes is not so easy to handle the truth. The truth can hurt and is not always the most pleasant. For example some people choose to be a joyful pig rather to be an unhappy human. This leads people even to deny and not to accept the truth. Same way of reasoning it was for Cypher which preferred to live inside the program of the matrix, have a good and easy life with all type of pleasures, fame and money rather than living in reality outside the Matrix. For him Ignorance was better than the liberation.

Blog Entry 7:

Reality TV is delivering dangerous messages to its viewers, particularly to those in early childhood and adolescence, as this is a critical period of brain development, rapidly and easily absorbing information.  The prominent themes showcased in Reality TV are those of survival, fame, and vanity.

Timothy Sexton, writer of “The Dangers of Reality TV,” mentions that reality television promotes competition as the key of success, and compares it to the capitalism economy, similar to cooperation’s monopolizing the market. In Sextons words “life is nothing but a competition that we continually engage in with each other.” This is the message we are receiving from this medium of entertainment. The majority of realty shows revolve around a grand prize where the most aggressive competitor has a greater advantage of winning. We also always see a system of elimination where participants must survive each round in order to remain on the show.  

I believe is very sad to know how popular this so called “Reality TV” has become in the American Society, how young minds are mold believing that just being competitive and having a more attractive image than others is the most important in life. I personally experienced the influence of this type of shows and I noticed by watching this for many hours how empty the content of this TV series really are. I could notice for example that some reality TV participants are constantly looking for attention by provoking the most strange and extreme situations, like gossiping, use of profane language, nudity, etc. participants use any means possible to draw attention to themselves and work along with the TV channel's directors which are looking to boost the ratings even if they end up making a fool of themselves.


Probably this TV companies are very aware of what is going on, hopefully there can be changes made in programation for the shows to be more instructive but is not in the Channels Owners intererst because there only concern is the ratings which brings them profit. Reason why I say we will see much more of this Reailty TV for now and for the future to come.

Blog Entry 6

The Perfect World:

Cristoff creates what he considers a “perfect world” for Truman to live “happily ever after.” How does Seahaven compare to your world in terms of family life, neighborhood life, work life, and leisure time? Would you choose to live in Cristoff’s world? Why or why not?

I would not choose to live in Cristoff's world because is not real. I would prefer my life which is true rather to live inside a make believe world or fantasy. Some times I can compare my work place to Seaheven where a form of artificial society exist within employees. Most of us masking our real self’s and playing a role to each other, at least  that’s how I see it maybe is hard to explain and express what I really think from my work place. I don’t see Seahaven compared to my family life, I would say in other aspect of my life.