We were appointed two articles to read in class. The first one was a written interviewed that featured Richard A.Lanham, he spoke about the mass amount of information available to us and how we don't know how to handle it. The overload of information is like drinking from a fire hose, it becomes too much handle and then it becomes a waste. So on the interview Lanham speaks about how to take in all the information and also how to get as much out of it as possible but though he gives tips; he does mention trying to contain all the information given to us is nearly impossible. Especially with the massive amount already there with tons more coming in rapidly.
The second article kind of touched based on similar issues; was spoke more on how students are limiting themselves on the amount of information we are possible of obtaining. Dr.Nichols also mentions how students aren't the only one to blame for that. Teacher tend to restrict the source students are allowed to use which sometimes lends them to use unreliable sources.
Black Mirror is a Netflix original series that shows the worse possible outcomes of the use our obsessive use of technology. We watched one particular episode called "Nosedive" that was about a world that based ones value off of their ranking. Ranked 1-5, people were forced to create a false persona of themselves in order to receive 5 stars during any human interaction. The main character of this episode became so obsessed with having a high ranking that it caused her ultimate downfall but also opened her eyes to a whole new life of honestly and happiness. This episode, though over exaggerated, showed how much people base their worth on social media popularity and what others think of them and those who didn't care and had "low rankings" were the happiest.
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