feed blog numero uno

So I have no idea what I was writing the last time before my internet decided it hates me and killed my blog. But let's try this again.
First off, I finished Feed in a matter of days. I was gonna try and stay with the class, but I couldn't resist. It was amazing. But anyways. Reading the book really made me think about what the future is going to be like. It could be like the book. It could be worse. Or maybe we'll get lucky and things will change for the better, not for the worst. The idea of relying on technology so much that humans won't even think for themselves is a scary thought. The feed makes it so that the people in the book don't do anything based off of what they think. They do the things that the feed tells them to do. For example, the girls constantly changing their hairstyles. The kids in the book are really set on following the trends. The feed tells them that there's something bigger and better out there and they have to have it. It's pathetic. Not like the united states isn't already like that, but the whole idea of a feed takes it to a whole new level. At least most of us still think for ourselves at this point. In a way. The book takes consumerism to a whole to level. The feed tells them everything they need to know about the things that they wanna buy, and all they have to do is decide whether or not they want the item, and it gets shipped to their house within a few days. They're constantly bombarded with advertisements and different places to eat and shop at. They don't really have time to actually think about what the ad is saying because another one comes along right away. Another thing that turns into a trend is the lesions. I personally don't see how holes in the skin is attractive, but whatever gets you off I guess. It's sad that they're willing to hurt themselves in order to follow the trend and make an attempt at being better than everyone else. Another compare and contrast piece is the care of the environment. Yeah, we're currently letting the earth go to shit. But this is nothing compared to what the world is like in the book. At the time in the book, there's nothing left. Nothing. Everything is dead and the few things that are left can't even survive on their own. At least we still have some trees making some oxygen. And we still have water. And some other nature junk. But in the book, not only have they already destroyed the earth, but they're also starting the destruction of other planets. It's just a really scary thought if this is what we have to look forward to. All of it. The feed. The planet. The lesions. Everything.