7th Hour Discussion on Consumerism by Patty Shantz https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k Post Article/Essay Discussion en-us 2019-09-27 18:19:51 UTC 2025-12-24 00:58:31 UTC hello@padlet.com Make sure you have your two handouts from Friday for reference. Our discussion today will be about consumerism. I want you to think about this quote from Mark Poster's chapter, "Dick's novel explores the Ubikquity of the ad and its relation to the formation of a humanity that is synthesized with information machines." Take a position on the quote either agreeing or disagreeing with the statement. You can respond to someone else's post, or just make a statement of your own. patty_shantz https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/390708215 2019-09-27 18:23:12 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/390708215 Definition of consumerism: the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable patty_shantz https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/390708345 2019-09-27 18:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/390708345 emily_m_nichols https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392106049 I agree with the quote. Consumerism influences the sell of personal interests so that companies can present products to certain people  via social media or other methods to increase the chances of those products being bought. His novel explores this and shows the results of such actions. As technology become more advanced what we read, say, or look at will be tracked and catalogued. They advertise and we buy without thinking twice. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:00:16 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392106049 erik_m_sproul https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392106751 I agree with the quote. Dicks novel DOES explore the ubiquity of the ad and its relation to the formation of a humanity that is synthesized with information machines. (edit) In "Common thought" it means that dicks novel explores how universal and all-encompassing ads are, and how it is related to the way that humanity is formed by the information that is created and brought to them through machines]]> 2019-10-01 19:01:21 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392106751 Consumerism jibin_sam https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107269 I agree with the quote because our times are consumed by latest technologies.

]]> 2019-10-01 19:02:13 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107269 Consumerism chloe_e_newkirk https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107296 Definition- the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable.
I don't see the quote as agreeable and I do not think the author does a good job in the book. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:02:16 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107296 kathrine_c_kujac https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107452 i agree with the quote  negative effects of consumerism  there are also positive effects of consumerism.

]]> 2019-10-01 19:02:30 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107452 dylan_w_asher https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107592 I find the quote agreeable. Consumerism will increase with technology in society from the increase in leisure and increase in availability of consumables from said technology.]]> 2019-10-01 19:02:42 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392107592 Consumerism Definition caden_a_mock2 https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392108655 Theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable.Modern advances in technology has had an impact on consumerism. The quote is agreeable in  the sense of people will follow the patterns/trends influenced with and by technology. In a way almost become consumed by the technology.


]]> 2019-10-01 19:03:41 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392108655 benjamin_j_jackson https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392108909 I agree with the quote, as technology advances, people will follow in a pattern of consumerism. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:04:01 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392108909 steven_p_cook https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109099 I agree with the quote in the story everyone is consumed by technology because the ads they see telling them the new tech is great.]]> 2019-10-01 19:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109099 I agree with the quote. His novel shows multiple examples of the Ubiquity of the ad and its relation to the formation of a humanity that is synthesized with information machines. This is seen with the ubik ads at the start of each chapter. jace_g_busteed https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109231 2019-10-01 19:04:32 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109231 jonea_r_nettles https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109311 i agree with the quote. the novel explores the ubiquity of the ad and its relation to the formation because it believes its been publish for achieving ]]> 2019-10-01 19:04:41 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109311 derek_j_baudendist https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109388 I agree with the quote because Dick's novel does explore the Ubikquity of the ad and its relation to the formation of a humanity that is synthesized with information machines and he does this through the ads about Ubik based products at the beginning of each chapter and through use of consumerism in the novel ]]> 2019-10-01 19:04:48 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109388 mallorie_a_gay https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109468 I think technology has changed and advanced the way people consume things. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:04:56 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109468 I agree with Dick's novel shows the relationship between the society in the novel and consumerism. He shows it by using informational machines to predict what a person or group of people may buy. taylor_s_nickles https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109531 I agree with the quote Dick's novel shows the relationship between the society in the novel and consumerism. He shows it by using informational machines to predict what a person or group of people may buy. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:05:01 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109531 I AGREE WITH THE QUOTE james_k_njenga https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109653 2019-10-01 19:05:06 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109653 i agree with this quote. caleb_j_terry https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109802 technology is consuming people.]]> 2019-10-01 19:05:14 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392109802 mallorie_a_gay https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110574 Technology can store and keep on file what you tend to buy or like to buy. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:06:14 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110574 anytime a brand new phone, car, computer, etc. comes out, all people want to do is buy it because it looks cooler or has some new feature that the one they already has doesn't. that is consumerism in todays society. who is going to get the next best thing. the market has sucked people in, and all people do is buy. sidney_a_benefiel https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110776 2019-10-01 19:06:37 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110776 jesse_k_airington https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110846 i agree with the quote]]> 2019-10-01 19:06:46 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110846 anthony_franco1 https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110967 I agree with the quote. Consumption of goods will increase with the increase of technology]]> 2019-10-01 19:06:59 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392110967 madison_d_yancey https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392111075 I agree with the quote because the novel shows us how society is consumed by technology

]]> 2019-10-01 19:07:13 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392111075 madalynn_b_york https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392111394 I agree with the quote. I think technology has changed a lot and has consumed a lot of our time.]]> 2019-10-01 19:07:51 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392111394 mallorie_a_gay https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392112646 technology changes the way people consume things because as technology advances it is able to remember what you like and what you tend to buy. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:09:09 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392112646 yeah I agree with the quote because I think technology is a big problem in a lot of different ways now days edith_m_gallegoslo https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392112968 2019-10-01 19:09:44 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392112968 i agree makalia_e_bartodej https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113209 i agree with the quote because as technology advances people get more caught up in what they could have and whats going to be in the future that they lost sight on the now and the current things in life. rather than live and act in the present everyone focus on later. technology consumes most people to the point that they stop even knowing what happens around them.]]> 2019-10-01 19:10:08 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113209 brady_t_oberg https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113242 I agree with the quote because as time goes on, people become more and more interested in different things and want more of that certain item.]]> 2019-10-01 19:10:14 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113242 I agree with the quote mallorie_a_gay https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113437 2019-10-01 19:10:36 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113437 chloe_e_newkirk https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113469 I think I'm tired of all this "Technology bad 
book good" talk. I hear enough of it. So I'm not really enjoying these articles very much.]]> 2019-10-01 19:10:40 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113469 Consumerism isn’t a completely bad thing but it does allow the industries to decide what and how we consume things. Some people say it is good to go against consumerism to break from trends and focus on what makes people truly happy so the industries cannot control us. cynthia_deloera https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113850 2019-10-01 19:11:25 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392113850 Consumerism madalynn_b_york https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392115816 influences the personal interest of products to people ]]> 2019-10-01 19:14:51 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392115816 chloe_e_newkirk https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392116019 I don't see how ads affect someone's life]]> 2019-10-01 19:15:12 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392116019 emily_m_nichols https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117055 2019-10-01 19:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117055 madison_d_yancey https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117196 2019-10-01 19:16:55 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117196 mallorie_a_gay https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117272 2019-10-01 19:16:58 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117272 justin_j_ogle https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117596 2019-10-01 19:17:14 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117596 mallorie_a_gay https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117884 2019-10-01 19:17:38 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117884 dylan_w_asher https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117916 2019-10-01 19:17:40 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117916 edith_m_gallegoslo https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117958 2019-10-01 19:17:45 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392117958 chloe_e_newkirk https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118136 lol]]> 2019-10-01 19:18:06 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118136 madalynn_b_york https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118271 2019-10-01 19:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118271 Consumerism Photo caden_a_mock2 https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118359 2019-10-01 19:18:33 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118359 anthony_franco1 https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118378 2019-10-01 19:18:35 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118378 benjamin_j_jackson https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118546 2019-10-01 19:18:57 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118546 edith_m_gallegoslo https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118740 2019-10-01 19:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118740 makalia_e_bartodej https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118744 2019-10-01 19:19:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118744 cynthia_deloera https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118787 2019-10-01 19:19:26 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118787 caleb_j_terry https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118809 2019-10-01 19:19:28 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392118809 sidney_a_benefiel https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119077 2019-10-01 19:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119077 taylor_s_nickles https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119606 2019-10-01 19:20:57 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119606 jibin_sam https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119660 2019-10-01 19:21:04 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119660 caden_a_mock2 https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119808 2019-10-01 19:21:20 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392119808 jace_g_busteed https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120071 2019-10-01 19:21:45 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120071 brady_t_oberg https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120102 2019-10-01 19:21:49 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120102 james_k_njenga https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120397 2019-10-01 19:22:22 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120397 edith_m_gallegoslo https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120428 2019-10-01 19:22:26 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392120428 steven_p_cook https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392121121 2019-10-01 19:23:38 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392121121 derek_j_baudendist https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392121213 2019-10-01 19:23:47 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392121213 How about this. chloe_e_newkirk https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392121908 We seem to be complaining about big companies just trying to make money and adapt to change that is always happening. We want to create problems with society that doesn't even need to be made. We want food. They make food. They make crazy products because these people just want to survive and make it so our world can go on and bring new things. ads are just trying to show you what's out there and I have no idea why everything has to become an evil thing. NO one is forcing you to buy anything. If you hate this, go back to your caves. ]]> 2019-10-01 19:24:51 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392121908 jesse_k_airington https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392122105 2019-10-01 19:25:10 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392122105 erik_m_sproul https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392122291 2019-10-01 19:25:28 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392122291 edith_m_gallegoslo https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392125708 2019-10-01 19:31:08 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392125708 james_k_njenga https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392126650 2019-10-01 19:32:57 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392126650 benjamin_j_jackson https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392129357 2019-10-01 19:38:17 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/392129357 Consumerism madison_t_ford https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/393532853 I agree with the quote. Consumerism seems to be the underlying message of the book among other things. Every chapter starts with an add that appeals to the people of the futuristic world. The product is usually an extension of the same thing and would most likely be familiar and comfortable to the people who see the add]]> 2019-10-04 13:22:21 UTC https://padlet.com/patty_shantz/aawvfprp8k9k/wish/393532853