technoscience for the global state

The webcam has many features that attribute to global cities. A webcam is a camera that it connected to the internet that allows people to have an almost “face-to-face” conversation without having to go anywhere. Webcams have little to no delay time and can have many users at the same time so that many people can be involved in a conversation at once. In global cities, webcams can speed up any interpersonal transaction, which allows for more transactions to occur.

The webcam is a catalyst to the global state. It speeds up any meeting or conference by taking out all the time wasted on travel. In global cities, time is such a precious commodity that the littlest time wasted can mean lots of money. A webcam conversation is much more formal than a phone conversation because it means that all attention has to be paid to the conversation because both participants can see the other. It also allows for large conversations to occur which many people can be a part of. This is easier than with telephones because telephone conversations with many participants, it’s much more difficult to know who’s talking than with a webcam.

The webcam is also a corrosion to the global state. The webcam apart from decreasing the impersonal aspect of a telephone conversation, it on the other side is less personal than a business meeting. With no large amount of time required for a webcam conversation, the importance of the conversation gets brought into question where as a meeting requires both parties to allocate sufficient time. Webcams can also be used to deceive the opposite party because in webcams allow the user to allow the other party to only see what they want them to see.