This article is from WeChat public account:Southern Observer (ID: naradainsights), author: Yuan Xiangqin, title figure from: Oriental IC
Who exactly needs to monitor? Since it is possible to monitor students, it is better to monitor the teacher. It is better to monitor the principal room. It is better to monitor it all. This line of sight, the extension of behavioral analysis, and the target audience are not the watchers themselves, but the control and threats to lower-level people in the power relationship. This kind of monitoring itself is layered and unfair.
There is a bus stop near Deshengmen in the North Second Ring Road of Beijing. It is solitary under the overpass. The green belts are next to the ramps, which are lower than the bridge deck and some hidden. When I was at work, I passed by by car. I saw a man in a suit who couldn’t help but hide in the green belt and pee against the grass. Later, I saw the sanitation workers responsible for cleaning the area carrying the road and peeing. There is a traffic light a hundred meters away, and one side of the road is high and horizontal with two cameras. The passing cars and motorcycles are waiting for the green light.
My middle school teacher’s insight into human nature is sometimes profound and sometimes simple. She once shared with us the folk philosophical thoughts of “I don’t look at people, see people can’t do it”, but I also expect us to be in class. In the 45 minutes, she devoted herself to her teaching. The complexity of human nature is also reflected here, always easy to forgive yourself, but always holding too high expectations for others. Just as there are always teachers and parents who feel that they must install equipment to monitor students in the classroom, it is best to have a big data analysis or headline of personal intelligence to accurately analyze students’ attention.
The controversial “Imaginary Headband” is said to be able to monitor the attention of students when they are in the head, and there are also schools in North America. © EXPLO Blog
McLuhan in “Understanding the Media” has repeatedly emphasized that technological innovation constitutes an extension of human capabilities and senses, just as housing is an extension of the thermoregulatory mechanism, and bicycles are an extension of the legs… Anyone who pursues technological advancement Can not refuse such a high degree of romance, it can be used to respond to all reactionary ideas, rejecting new technology is to reject human progress.
Some sanitation workers in Nanjing have received a smart bracelet distributed by the company. As long as the sanitation workers stay in place for 20 minutes during work, the positioning function of the bracelet will sound “refueling”. Prompt sanitation workers to continue working. Modern technology has not only entered the subtleties of the city, but also filled with inspiring humanistic care. Technology has been extended, positioning is the extension of the eye, and “refueling” is an extension of the scorpion and concern.
But who are these extensions brought to? Not in the sanitation worker itself, but in the information collection terminal of a management team. The complex reality background becomes a small bright spot on the coordinates of the time and movement. If there is no movement in 20 minutes, it will be encouraged by “refueling”. If you are in extreme weather, do you have to cheer for heat stroke or thunderstorm?
With regard to technological advancement, there is a more chilling point of view – Technology is neutral, you can’t criticize a murderous gun, and the penalty should be the one who pulls the trigger. “Only those who know nothing about the history of technology will believe that technology is completely neutral.” This is what Neil Bozeman said. He believes that each technology has its own agenda. They are all a kind of metaphor waiting to be revealed. For example, printing is to be used as a language medium.
Life in the age of television, Neil Bozeman sees television as a medium that is only emotionally satisfying, although it can also take on functions such as radio and text display. Used to broadcast news, but its more central function is entertainment, “television turns entertainment itself into a form of performance.”
In the early days of the birth of new technologies, only minimal social effects can be produced, and as new developments progress, they may evolve into new forms. If the original function of the camera is to record continuous images, it is an image medium.