New Media Reader 339-441

1974: Theater of the Oppressed is published.
1975: Soft Architecture Machines is published.
1976: Computer Power and Human Reason published.
1977: Responsive Environments published. Personal Dynamic Media published.
1980: A Thousand Plateaus published, Mindstorms published, "Put-That-There" published.
Mid-1980's: Boal returns to Brazil.
1985: Opening of MIT's Media Lab.
1992: Boal runs for political office and wins.

This section of The New Media Reader dealt primarily with philosophies and potentialities for human-computer interaction. I was especially interested in sections about responsive environments and virtual reality. Living in an age of constant and increasing human/computer interaction, seeing the history of the theory that computer should adapt more to people, and not vice-versa. Most interesting to me were sections, especially in Responsive Environments and Personal Dynamic Media, about using computers for education. Since their advent, children have had to take special classes and work hard to learn, over time, to properly use computers. I find great merit in the pursuit of computers and programs that can serve children and offer them greater education, as opposed to children being forced to adapt.