Digital Distopias

I went to the speaker on 11/19 about the internet. I found it interesting in the beginning he talked about how families are hesitant to let their children use the internet due to its problems. He explained how some families believe that the internet is hijacked. He explained how the internet is a weapon for some people. Another interesting fact he said was that 7/10 of the world’s richest men came from the tech industry. This does not surprise me but still, I found it interesting. He then talked about how different programs came about. He said there was a new program that developed that allows the pentagon to put in data and work with data that they have not been able to do before. The program is a mixture of Excel and a database. I liked hearing this presentation because it was very cool to see how much the internet has changed but also how people view it today.