Initially unaware of the point the author was trying to prove, the author used rich use of metaphors and examples to coherently getting his point across. Being a student who likes to make rich use of textual references, I could immediately relate to the argument posed in this essay. Further, growing up a digital native, I watched as the internet grew popular and the key programs that were behind it’s enormous growth. Though these topics may not seem like they’re directly relatable, they are - specifically when technology gets involved.
Aware of much of the happenings occurring within the music industry -namely hip hop - I’ve watched as the broadening of the internet has both helped and hurt it’s growth. Early in hip hop’s history, many artists faced backlash because of their sampling. Similarly within text, authors often require some sort of reference if their art is being used. Though the two seem like they’re not related at all, they both belong to their respective owners in a respective manner and their authors are capable of controlling it’s manipulation.
Also, a fact I found interesting was behind the section in the essay was about blogs. It seems everywhere you look now a days someone is using or creating a blog. Growing up in America I believed that we are the central source of blogs, but Japan is. I found this remarkably interesting because I’ve never been on any blog outside of the English language.
Further, I found the insert of how the internet couldn’t possibly be a fad due to it’s large user base. Unlike any other fad out generation has seen, the blogs alone have millions on top of millions of users. Considering it’s such a huge consumer base, It would probably take a very long time for it to go out of style.
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