Daniel's E-learning and Digital Cultures Blog » Bendito Machine http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg part of the MSc in E-learning at the University of Edinburgh Sun, 11 Dec 2011 16:22:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 Nuestro Bendito Machine http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/2011/09/26/nuestro-bendito-machine/ http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/2011/09/26/nuestro-bendito-machine/#comments Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:16:10 +0000 Daniel Griffin http://edc11.education.ed.ac.uk/danielg/?p=129 I’ve been re-watching the excellent Bendito Machine and have decide to notionally “tag” sections of the piece with my own titles.  You can read this either as my interpretation of the story or as a (tongue in cheek) political manifesto.

  • Opening Scene: The prophet considered as an early adopter.
  • @2:28  The dangers of mass media on the young.
  • @2:37  Advocates of technology worry more about its welfare than the damage it can cause.
  • @4:03  Version 1.1, now with added terror; (or, “Corrupt Download”).
  • @5:02  The system is broken; the people want control; a new prophet seeks the light…
  • @5:26  Version 1.2 “The Freedom Patch”.
  • @5:56  System Crash.

As to the actual title, Bendito (“blessed”) Machine, I would add one word: Nuestro.  The system belongs to us as surely as does ones own faith.  If we are to worship the system then we must be sure to debug it fully, or risk its collapse.

 

 

 

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