When I first started reading “The Memcordist” I was not
really a fan, but as I got deeper into the story I really started to enjoy the
concept of a part human, part robot created to explore and record his/her life,
and send out their experiences for millions to follow. The narrative of Pym was no
unexceptional story, but I thought it was interesting that the one constant
thought through out the majority of his life was this one encounter with a girl
he met on Polyphemus Port, Titan, year seventeen of his life. The nonlinear
fashion of the story made it a little confusing at first, but as I read I
connected this notion of Pym being a memcordist to one being famous on different
social media outlets today. Everything Pym went through, all his memories, were
recorded for anyone and everyone to access, and this is exactly like social
media today. Today, you can follow peoples’ lives on these social media outlets
and once something is published on the Internet it is there forever, sort of
like Pym’s life. I thought Tidhar’s story was a play on a farfuture concept of
what Twitter or Facebook could potentially be like in the future, thoughts?
I agree with you that it seems like this future technology is similar to, or could potentially turn into, Facebook or Twitter. The difference that I saw, though, was that with Facebook or Twitter you can manipulate your account, your postings, and your pictures in order to fulfill a purpose or present a certain side of yourself. WIth this story, on the other hand, all aspects of your life are recorded, and therefore it shows a more accurate depiction of yourself.
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