Thursday, April 1, 2010

The matrix

The matrix was a movie that came out 1998 , a movie based on how the future might be ,or how we might be living now. It was discussed in class mentioning how we wouldn’t know if were living it now. We wouldn’t know at least not fully since the world were in now can seem so real , and its all we know. Neo is the main character and he knows that the world he was in wasn’t real since his dreams were telling him otherwise. When he had to make a choice of the red pill or blue ,he knew there was something wrong so might as well just go "down the rabbit hole" , and face reality.
In the matrix, sexuality or gender doesn’t really matter. They all are technically machines which aren’t so far from what humanity is now. The difference is that we don’t become them just use them. In the movie they get plugged into this cyber world, that anyone can be anyone. So when it comes to gender or sexuality I don’t think it matters. You can learn anything instead of getting trained physically. A memory is plugged in your head of everything in that subject/action. Trinity like neo or Morpheus participated in every one of their action and fought just like them. Either female or male can be part of this group so gender didn’t matter. Neo is presented as a white male but just like he can be white, he can be any other race, as the chosen one. I don’t think race would have mattered either. Spanish,black.asian, etc. Morpheus was black and he was the leader of the group, he was the one in charge and basically in power, the one who made neo realize he was the one. If neo was in charge he could of did the same think to Morpheus and train him or guide him threw the steps.
Being put in the position neo was put in and picking between the life I live or facing what’s becoming of the world, I think I would prefer the matrix. Sooner or later reality will come to you and you would realize something’s wrong. Just like Platos cave, one of them realized that there’s more to life than just the cave/wall. Living an illusion wouldn’t be an option beside in the matrix you have options of being who you want to be. I wouldn’t say were living it now, but it’s not far from what humanity becoming. All humans are becoming cyborgs, technology is becoming a part of life. Cell phones, alarms clocks, computers, everything at the touch of our hands. Humans are becoming so addictive to technology/machines, we basically depend on it. To wake up, for the weather, for the news, the cell phones we carry can basically do anything we want on them. The relationships that humans have with tools and machines it’s very dependent. Without any machines like I’ve said a few times it makes life easier so we use them, for a human to stop now it’ll be hard. So the matrix can be an example of how the world will be. Or better yet becoming.

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