Feed Book Club Research Paper

“Technological progress has merely provided us with more efficient means for going backwards” (“Brainy Quotes” 1). While this epitomizes modern time, it also represents M.T. Anderson’s Feed and Pixar’s Wall-E. Feed is a book about a dystopian society influenced by a device, called “feed”, implanted in the brains of the citizens. The author describes a group of regular teenagers that venture to the moon for a spring break vacation of partying and going “in mal”. The main character, Titus, falls for a girl named Violet who is not like the other stereotypical teens in this book. Violet received the feed when she was much older and she is homeschooled so her brain is more developed. Together, they go on outrageous adventures until a hacker at

Every day, everywhere people are using technology to check email, calculate tax, and talk with each other. Technology has greatly affected the social structure today and in Fahrenheit 451. Technology has effected how the TV controls our lives, how we communicate with one another, and how strong the social structure is In both the real world and Fahrenheit 451.

In the novel Feed written by M.T. Anderson, the futuristic world the novel is set in a continually evolving and the characters are overcoming challenges in the technological society. This book focuses on the deteriorating world due to technological advances. The most important technological advancement is the “feed” that the corporations in the future will create. The “feed” contributes to how people participate in everyday activities. Only people who can afford one are able to have a “feed” implant. It is a parallel to today’s modern use of technology and cellular devices. Titus, the protagonist, is a teenager that comes from a wealthy family and is he grows up extremely privileged. He and his friends go to the moon for spring break.

One of the most significant aspect of the negative effects of technology is the lack of empathy and emotion shown by the characters in ‘Feed’. The society in ‘Feed’ have been raised in a world were the need to show emotion and empathy has vanished. The requirement of talking face to face is taken away as everything is done digitally, through the feed. The characters are paying more attention to the ‘bannering’ in their heads than their surroundings, thus reducing the skill empathy and emotion. When Titus goes to visit Violet when the feed has forced her into a ‘vegetable’ state, he recognised that the

Technology, the advancement of knowledge and productivity through the application of tools, information, and techniques to create an effortless process, has ultimately lead to the declination of our society and our future. In “A Thing Like Me,” Nicholas Carr addresses the development of technology from the day it was created and how it initiated an immediate impact within the lives of humans leading to an unhealthy dependency. Carr establishes how technology, what was intended to be a tool, has become the “pacifier” of our generation. This “pacifier” causes a loss of freedom, not through the laws of the government, but rather with the values of freedom one holds within themselves. This freedom is the individuality that distinguishes each person from the next, and forms a desire for the development of oneself through the experiences of life and the wisdom that is acquired along the way. Technology has blinded man from this pursuit of self-enhancement and with the advancement of technology occurring daily, there is no resolution. Each day people are confined within themselves and the pieces of technology that will continually limit them in their lives. Freedom is more than just a concept of laws instilled by the government, it is the thought process found within each individual person and their “hunger” to become more. With technology, social media was created and immediately immersed within our lives. The society of today has

These days, all everyone can think of is the latest gadgets and gizmos. Who has the best iPhone, tablet or Android. In society today people are considered outcasts if they have last year’s tech. In the short story “The Veldt”, Ray Bradbury uses satire to demonstrate that technology can be destructive if it’s not controlled.

In today's culture people use technology to their advantage all the time. They use it to hack, to learn the latest gossip, or to see breaking news around the world. But, sometimes they get obsessed and instead of a handy tool, it becomes a necessity and a lifestyle. In the story, The Veldt, Ray Bradbury uses imagery, symbolism, and internal conflict to express that misuse of technology can lead to unforeseen disadvantages.

The non-profit organization that I chose for the semester project is Feeding America, a non-profit organization that consists of a network of food banks assisting food insecure people throughout the nation. What does a food insecure family look like in the United States? It is parents going without food in order to feed their children, it is families rationing food and skipping meals.

In Anderson’s Feed, most of the American population is joined to the internet with chips implanted into their brains. This might not be the first science fiction novel to explore the idea that the internet is in our brains, but it does so with an awareness of how that might affect our planet and our biological being in a very visceral, fleshy way. The feed is destroying the planet and interrupts common, basic biological functions. Not only are humans themselves decaying and humanity ceasing to exist, but even the planet has become so polluted that it cannot sustain or support it natural cycles or maintain many populations of wildlife.

Hunger is a big social issue facing America today. According to (“Do Something.com”) 1 out of 6 people face hunger in the US. Also 49 Million Americans Struggle to put food on the table. America is the best country in world, we shouldn’t have so many people hungry. Many people have thought of fixing this problem but one company has found a way to help fix this problem, this company is Feeding America. They have been giving people food since 1979. They’ve helped out 46 million Americans. ( feedingamerica.org )

Feed, a futuristic novel by M.T. Anderson, left me feeling disturbed about the faults in perfection. In a society completely ruled by technology, most of the country has a chip implanted in their brain since birth that acts as a phone, computer, television, and more, which known as “the feed.” The feed allows people to chat using just their connected brains, watch television programs, play games, order goods, and research any topic. From the start, I recognized that this was a scary concept, because it meant that website owners and product producers had access to one’s thoughts, preferences, and personality. What made this book so eerie was that I could experience what it would be like to have a constant voice in my head, directing me to

In the futuristic world M.T Anderson creates in Feed, the misuse of technology is a problem the world faces. The novel Feed describes how the world could be in the future if humans let technology rule their lives. Anderson wants the reader to realize the effect technology has on our lives, and he also wants us to understand how we are being controlled and manipulated by media. Therefore, Anderson, fearing that one day technology will surpass humanity by creating a society of idiots like in the novel Feed, warns the reader from the future our society might face if we don’t make a change soon.

First of all, the reason “Feed” is a dystopian world, is because people have no privacy in this kind of world. For example, at some point Titus was trying to describe Violet when he saw her, “Maybe it wasn’t her face. Her spine was, I didn’t know the word. Her spine was like…? The feed suggest “supple.” (Anderson 14). As you can see, the feed is not only an implant that work like social networking in your head; the feed knows what you are thinking. Not only has it known what are you thinking, the feed also knows what you are seeing, and feeling. In addition, when Titus was bragging how the feed works, how feed can tell what you want, hope, and how you can get them, “ Everything we think and feel is taken in by the corporations, mainly

Technology must now solve the problems we as a society have created; nevertheless it is our responsibility to bring about change and accept it” (Lethe, 2010). Technology has taught society to solve our self-created problems, allowing us to adapt to change and accept it as it comes along. The aspect in which technology controls our society today completely differs from that of the World State. Despite this, the two still share

The feed is practically what we have today, however it goes little further and shows how much worse it can become. The relationship that the characters have with technology in the novel is the same as what we have today. The feed is similar to our phones and televisions. Titus and his friends were addicted to the feed, they found it hard to live without the feed. It is the same way someone today would find it hard to be without their phone. Also, the feed affected how people interacted with each other, for example Titus was closer with the feed than with an real person. It is the same as today. Anderson is showing that we are in the feed and how we are living this same way already. He shows how what people are being shown by these corporations will make everyone all the same with one frame of mind, instead of having different points of view. With technology we get what someone choses to show us, which is the same as how Feednet choses what to show people in the novel. Anderson shows how our relationship with technology is going too far and how we will all become the same by staring at a