Yamamoto Epilogue - Jason Komoda

I honestly really enjoyed reading The Stories of Ibis way more than Techgnosis.  I consider my reading/comprehension skills a bit subpar so the best way for me to understand what's happening throughout books is to actually be engaged with the story line and have an actual desire for wanting to know what's going to happen next.  I also will choose fiction over non-fiction because I enjoy creating my own pictures and scenes in my head, rather than just strictly reading information to learn about things.  The best parts of this book that really caught my attention were when the settings took place in these virtual video game worlds and everything was basically a simulation.  I found myself really engaged with these parts because I'm a heavy gamer myself, so when I read about fiction and video games at the same time, it's easier for me to create my own stories in my head and enjoy what I'm reading more.  
Prior to this class, I have never really thought deeply about technology, artificial intelligence, and their effects on society.  I'm glad I took this class because I'm not really the type to stimulate my own thinking about these topics.  This class pretty much forced me to take the time to sit down and actually think about technology and our world in general.  The way technology was in the past, how it is in the present, and what it will be in the future is really interesting to me now because after learning about this for the past 10 weeks, I realized that technology is basically our world now and is the reason that the lives of people evolve over time.  
I really enjoyed this class overall because it was more of a "do your own thing and you'll be fine" type of class.  These classes help get better at learning on my own, rather than depending on other people to provide you information in order to learn something.  Trace's incident was very unfortunate because I loved to hear him talk about these topics he is so passionate about.  However, I'm really glad you stepped in and helped us finish the class out strong, and I think you did really good job in trying to keep everyone engaged and mentally stimulated in class discussions about the book.

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