Technology changes Privacy

So in this week in class, we were talking about how privacy is affected by the growth of technology and this includes social media sites and other sites that record our data. We also did an activity which made us evaluate a scenario, my group was to present a scenario in which a guy whose wall gets posted by comments of legalizing marijuana. Thus this guy does not get hired by the government.  I guess it was not the guy's fault since he couldn't control his friend, but there was always the option of making his profile private so others can not see. It is strange when we can not see the answer. But other than that, we also talked about how privacy is dropped due to recorded information that we usually are not aware of. Netflix, GPS, and cookies record our information and we do not even know about it. I am now nervous about signing up for any kind of website now. Listen up everyone, the world is changing, and it is not going to be good for people who leave their information all over the place! Get better passwords, and get antivirus security software.

On another note, since I was not in class to watch the videos, I had to watch them at home. The one I liked the best was the RSA Animate video because it was the last video I watched last and the one I can remember better. The video talks about the common ideology that people are usually motivated by a reward, usually monetary compensation. This is pretty much accurate for tasks that even just physical labor. The situation that they often presented in the video was the carrot for the mule. The mule will work for the carrot. However, this ideology did not work when rudimentary cognitive skills were needed. The test subjects performed below par or at least worse, and the test subjects were from MIT, and Carnegie-Mellon. These guys were the top of the bracket yet they did terrible when it came to cognitive ability. The world is strange, isn't' it? The lecturer later said that what really motivated us when it came to work was not money, it was mastery, autonomy, and a sense of purpose. Mastery is getting better at something for the sake of being better. He relates this to musicians, somehow I can see that. They are not getting paid much for singing, so all they have is get better at music. It is their drive, their motivation. I also guess that autonomy is a benefit since you are basically making your own rules to work. I liked how he used the business model with free software in it. I do not use Linux but I may want to in the future. Maybe when I become a servant to the money game, I will ask my employer to give me personal autonomy and purpose. Probably will not happen, but I can always dream. What still shocks me is that money is not the panacea for a workers desire.

Well that's all for today folks.