HELLO!
Today in my Engl 292 class my professor, Dr. Burton gave us a lecture on John Milton's Aeropagitica, a speech written and circulated by Milton about the question of censorship and intellectual property. Dr. Burton related this old pamphlet (written in 1644) to our day and the questions of copyright. He discussed whether or not there should be licensing to intellectual property or if everyone should share their ideas openly to encourage creative innovation. He then talked about the internet and how we have such an opportunity to create a viable intellectual community.
SO...I THOUGHT:
Hey, I like talking about stuff, maybe I should really get in on this; I already have a blog for my English class.
And he is right, the internet is so often seen (especially among Mormons) as something that is thoroughly dangerous. While that is true, I think that rather than run away from technology we should embrace it. Why not produce as much good stuff on the internet as there is bad? Why not fight bad internet like pornography with something positive, like a blog that talks about movies, and books, and other things that are on the modern-increasingly-ambitious college student's mind?
SO...from now on this blog will not only be an outlet for my Early British Literature class, but will also contain reflections on other things.
I also plan on making this vastly more exciting by getting my brother (a computer programmer) to vamp it up a bit and teach me some rudimentary programming.
SO COMMENT PLEASE AND READ IT! I PROMISE TO MAKE IT EXCITING!
And uh...for my own personal gain, could readers please correct my grammar when they see a mistake? I need some help on it.
THANKS GUYS!
Here's a product of Dr. Burton's open intellectual attitude found on his flickr account (of which I noted in class):
I agree.
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