For some reason i've always had some desire to build a time capsule....mainly for the reason that i believe that when we look back at how life was we usually are not that surprised at how things have changed unless we have tangible comparisons. If we were to put all of the media artifacts into a time capsule and open them in less than 50 years we would probably laugh at how cool we thought everything was. And for some reason this scares me a little, because it just seems there is endless possibilities for technology, and this is a little frightening. During our generation there have been some really awesome discoveries and trends. Its really interesting to have lived to see the move from tapes to cd's to stealing music online (like napster) and to ipods. In only a span of about 20 years an entire medium of music has continued to change multiple times. How will we be listening to music 50 years from now? Hmm maybe there will be some chip that we just place in our ear, that reads our mind and knows exactly what we want to listen to. maybe not? I don't know, i just think its crazy to think how things change, and at the rate they change we often do not sit back and really think about them. I think in a way this class has taught us do this, to really contemplate the way media affects our lives and the way it is presented to us and in turn how we can present it in multiple mediums. Like our parents and our grandparents generation it is often hard for them to pick up on these new technology trends. Although its probably worse off for grandparents, my grandfather is still transfixed with the idea of internet and has pretty much given up on it. I think that for us, because we grew up in such a media-saturated world we will continue to stay on top of all new technology that's out there, so hopefully when we are like 60 or 70 we don't feel lost or out of it. As Luis said at the end today, as much as this was an Anthropology class it was equally a class of introducing us to all of these mediums and even teaching us how to use them. I think now and especially in the future most classes will become structured in a more media-oriented way, using the media in other ways for education besides just powerpoints....