Author Archives: Evan Wong

NYT: Why I love Comics

Posted on November 11, 2015 by Evan Wong

After discussing We3 and Unflattening in class, I remembered there was a similar ode to comics in the NYT’s book review section. While not necessarily a doctoral dissertation on the medium, Ware offers a more personal view on the positives … Continue reading →

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The increasing responsibilities of automation

Posted on October 28, 2015 by Evan Wong

http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2013/10/the-ethics-of-autonomous-cars/280360/ Unfortunately, I couldn’t find the original article in the NYT (may have been just a paragraph in a larger article), but this article from the Atlantic issues similar concerns. As we discussed in class, the ethical dilemma surrounding the … Continue reading →

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Second Life Contextualization Post: Defamiliarization

Posted on October 12, 2015 by Evan Wong

I found my experience in Second Life interesting, yet strangely limited. Choosing an avatar for a game that was meant to represent a “Second Life” was strangely more difficult than playing a regular video game; yet I was surprised the … Continue reading →

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Technology’s self-defining applications

Posted on October 5, 2015 by Evan Wong

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/business-technology-starts-to-get-personal/?module=BlogPost-Title&version=Blog%20Main&contentCollection=Enterprise%20Computing&action=Click&pgtype=Blogs&region=Body As I read this post in the NYTime’s Bits Blog over the weekend, I couldn’t help but think of how technology in certain cases and creates the “hyperreal”. For instance, I spent this summer working in a strict corporate … Continue reading →

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Digital Fate in relation to Identity

Posted on September 24, 2015 by Evan Wong

“I’m the matrix, Case.” Case laughed. “Where’s that get you?” “Nowhere, Everywhere. I’m the sum total of the works, the whole show.” Gibson, 259. “And one October night, punching himself past the scarlet tiers of the Eastern Seaboard Fission Authority, … Continue reading →

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New York Times Article

Posted on September 23, 2015 by Evan Wong

This New York Times Article brings up some important parts in relation to the Buddhist concept of desire. As noted in the Confucian anecdote presented by Liu, the old man fears losing an essential part of his humanity as he … Continue reading →

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I, Frankenstein: The uncanny, human inhumanity of Boston Dynamics’ androids. (Slate)

Posted on September 7, 2015 by Evan Wong

Mark Simon, Weslyn Lu, Molly McCormick, Evan Wong http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/culturebox/2013/12/boston_dynamics_petman_and_bigdog_and_the_uncanny_valley.html  

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Analyzing Frankenstein through secondary characters

Posted on September 1, 2015 by Evan Wong

  In analyzing Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, overemphasis is given to the relationship between Victor and his creation, while ignoring the surrounding cast of characters. This overemphasis skews moral and philosophical analysis of both Victor and his creation; as characters such … Continue reading →

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