The "Yes Men" video is a great example of how technology in this world is used in various different ways for various different purposes. This group of individuals sole goal was to poke fun of an organization that the world (in some fashion) respects, since their job is to help under-developed countries. Their method in doing so was using e-mails to contact individuals to represent themselves as the "WTO" at a seminar, presenting their information on a powerpoint, making a video to show their management contraption, and using the Internet for their research methods.

How this all relates is it shows that for a presentation of this caliber and magnitude, the use of technology was heavily weighed upon for their point to get across. Yes, they could have used large amounts of posterboard, or used the over-head projector available, but the truth of the matter is this showed how efficient technology is and how dependent we are on it. The best way to summarize all of this is that technology truly does shape the lives and societies of today. Looking back at the reading, this example goes alongside with the author's thoughts on how inventions such as the Internet, Television, the Radio, affect our lives entirely since we use them constantly to serve our needs efficiently and quickly. Why are we dependent on it? Simply because we invented it to make life easier, rather than revert back to previous technology, we don't need it, but we want it faster, bigger, and more complex to make life easier.

Also this is another example of how the "Yes Men" didn't respect the privacy of our President, George W. Bush. They obtained knowledge and information about his past in the in National Guard as well as his drug use and posted it on a website for the world to read. The question in favor was, "Should they have exploited him or just forgotten all about it." To them they felt that they had to make this satirical website to exploit Bush and let people know that he isn't a Boy Scout, which ever Presidential image is trying to portray. Should people be allowed to get pictures, obtain information, do the ressearch to exploit persons? There are laws about privacy and how it should be respected, but there's a double standard to this. People are angered when their privacy is invaded, but when it come sto the privacy of someone else they see it as an opportunity to stick it to them and make an attempt to lower their image.

That's all I have to say, peace.