Zake George asked a great question; why do we tube. It also made me think about the implications and benefits of youtube. I was going to do a video response, but whatever. I felt like blogging was a good idea, since I haven’t updated in a while.
Youtube is so much more than just entertainment. It’s the next step to evolution. It’ll get our ideas further out than we could imagine to people around the world. We’ll finally be able to break those barriers and borders between everyone. If a picture says a thousand words, how much words does a video represent? Like George said, our primary sense is vision. We can learn so much faster by watching videos. We could use videos are tutorials, instructions, help, etc. We’ll also be able to create a personality for ourselves. Before we just had a username and maybe an avatar, but that didn’t really say much about ourselves.
The downside, I believe that youtube’s progression will slow down like the internet. 50% of the internet is filled with pornography. I believe the same will happen with youtube, although I know it’s not allowed; I wouldn’t be surprised if they allowed that type of content in the future. I also believe that youtube is the begininng of isolation amongst people. The internet can virtually do anything, why do we need to go out of our houses to do something, when we can do it in the convience of our homes. Youtube has a strong user base and popularity, almost kinda scary. People will be engrossed in youtube to an ubelievable extent; worst than television.
