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How the Internet has Shaped Us

       'The Machine is Us/ing US' . This video is thoughtfully made by Michael Wesch . This video describes the start of the internet. I liked how it starts with paper and the person in the video writes down his thoughts. If he didn't like it he would just erase it and write something different but if he didn't like that new thought either he erased it again. It then switched to him typing on a computer, and you can backspace as much as you can to get your point across because the backspace doesn't go away on a computer. The video then goes into the evolution of the web and its impact on society, communication, and knowledge of the internet clearly, it especially dives into Web 2.0, which has transformed from being a tool for reading static pages to a very interactive platform where users can create, share, and modify content this already there for everyone to see. The video especially highlights the flow of digital text, linking, tagging, and collaboration, demonst