I would like to start out by saying that I am not a person of great knowledge about this new digital age we are living in. Sure, I can do basic operations on a computer or figure out how to set up an Xbox, but I am no technology whiz to say at the least. This is the main reason I chose my category, "Creativity, Piracy and Intellectual Property"; these young digital natives that are very talented with computers and such are some of the most impressive people to me.
Creativity is the main aspect that I am interested in out of this category, because people post more and more amazing things on the internet every day. However, creativity and intellectual property somewhat overlap when I think about the act of "borrowing" ideas from other people and using these ideas as if they were their own. In today's day and age, it is extremely easy for anyone, even an average user of technology like myself, to gain ideas for anything and everything imaginable. It prevents students from doing everything on their own, and therefore could prohibit the maximum amount of learning that could have possibly occured.
Piracy is a somewhat different topic than the previous two to me, but still contains some relevance. This crime is extremely easy to commit and fairly hard to be caught, which is why it is so favorable to so many people around the world. For some reason it is okay to steal music and movies, but these people would not just waltz into a grocery store and steal a gallon of milk. This creates a skewed idea of what is right and wrong, which could lead to some taking advantage of the easy system and eventually getting in some serious trouble with the law. I have definitely heard some horror stories about students getting caught at large universities and paying the price.
I agree with you on your ideas about creativity Trey. I feel that it is much easier today for anyone to take someone else's work, twist it around just a little and claim it as their own creation. I too feel like this takes away from a students true talents and hinders the learning experience.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you about how amazing creativity can be and how easy it is for people go around and "borrow" someone's work. With the technology advances continuing, stealing peoples work is happening more often and people are losing credit for what they have created while those that have taken it are having to face the consequences.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that it seems as though it is difficult to be original, and most of the time people just take others work. However, I do think that this is not always a bad thing. A lot of what we have and use today both online and off are things that were built off of others ideas, so I believe this "borrowing" is acceptable if you are able to improve upon something and take it to the next level.
ReplyDeleteWhat you have talked about and the topics you chose interests me so far. The world itself is creative so why not make the digital world creative as well. As a digital native I have seen and even participated in many examples that you can encounter with the topics you have chosen. To start with creativity, a human's creativity is at its peak when you are a child. Personally, I cannot say that I was on the computer as much as I am now when I was a child, but I was pretty creative with the kids in the neighborhood. Kids now a days have so much potential and have the means to learn about technology. My friend's son who is a 6 year old was talking to me about creating a website and different things that I did not have a clue about. That creativity leads to being intellectual. Those who are interested will learn. Being creative and intellectual can also take you to do some illegal things online. Piracy being one of the biggest out there. Hopefully the creativity and being intellectual can come around and help the piracy that goes on around the world.
ReplyDeleteI think that's an interesting point you make on how people are actually limiting their learning by borrowing ideas from other people instead of developing original concepts.
ReplyDeleteAre you trying to say that because of the vast amount of ideas congregated in one space it is limiting creativity? I can see that viewpoint because it doesn't force one person to experience the whole trend of thought when the end product is so readily available. But I can also see how it allows for those individuals who are motivated to accomplish more at a faster rate because they don't need to go through all of the monotonous steps. They can start where another person has left off and accomplish even more. Its a double edged sword.
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