Genres Web Paper 1

LEGOS, ROCKS and BOULDERS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vhh3TSw8ac0 << listen to this while reading the paper.

            Net neutrality is a concept with a definition that is frequently debated as much as the issue itself is debated.  Many articles on the internet not entirely clear as to exactly what it is, so I decided to get to the bottom of the matter, as I myself had little to no understanding of what "net neutrality" meant.  An article on Cybertelecom says it is a term that has been accused of being nothing but a meaningless slogan used by its proponents, with no true definition—so while that's not too encouraging, it also inspired me to find out more.

     As social creatures, human beings inevitably possess the drive to learn new things through collective interaction. Oral and written communication is essential in the development and nurturing of the human mind throughout its growth and even after it has “matured.” Realistically, learning is a process that never slows down but exponentially increases thanks to constant brain stimulation found in daily life. The brain is the one organ that arguably becomes “better” with age because it is capable of processing a never-ending stream of information from the outside world.

February 21, 2010

You Say Copyright, I Say Creative Commons: Cory Doctorow

Intellectual Property P2P – Fanfiction as Emerging Genre

What is genre? What is constitutes as a modern view onliterature? What is to explore? What is a fairy tale? Most importantly whatqualifies as good motifs in a fairy tale?

The concepts of specification and generalization are an unavoidable and innate part of human nature that have a high cognitive and social importance. However, they also have limitations which reduce our accuracy as we move up and down the orders of magnitude. In this paper, the biological and perceptual limitations of generalization and specification will be analyzed and critiqued with relation to the anatomy of the human species and then applied to the usefulness, application, and accuracy of literary genres.