I want to apologize for forcing three dates into one blog, but, besides the fact that I was just off schedule for writing these blogs, I feel as if these last three classes were good to go together.
9/10
So, this whole class period was basically a review/discussion on the book The Shallows. I’m not sure what students are complaining about the readings, but I’d rather read books such as these then the alternative of textbooks that drone on and on about digital media. So, thank you for choosing interesting reading material. I found it most interesting in the fact that I believe it provides a unique example of what I believe to be is the miscommunication with the youth and the last generation. Throughout the book I spotted examples that set me and the author in worlds apart. I won’t go into full detail, because I’ve got a blog to right, but I can tell you the major difference that I noticed. Theres a distinct difference between the generation that has grown up with this super-fast, interconnected technology versus the people who were grown up with it. That’s my opinion, and as much as I support it, it’s hard to support because making assumptions over a mass group of people is neigh impossible. If you want to have a further discussion on this, feel free to e-mail me @estickle@masonlive.gmu.edu.
9/12
This class discussion was really, really cool. I’m a philosophy major, so the discussion of realism versus idealism is a famous debate that I’ve witnessed before. The Plato versus the Aristotle. I personally see myself as more of an idealist, but not a religious one. To me, people have an innate reasoning for things they like. Call it a preference of the soul, or the chemicals in your brain, I’m pretty sure everyone has it. When García López de Cárdenas, discovered the Grand Canyon, I’m pretty sure he was caught off by the pure beauty of it, and I don’t think he really had anything to compare it to. That’s a small argument, and again if you wish to discuss it further, please e-mail me above.
I appreciated having this discussion, but I wish it had been more intertwined with the idea of what makes music good or bad, but this could sadly be the fact that our class isn’t the most talkative.
9/17
This was a cool reteaching of the Cold War, I had no idea that the technology built during this era for military defense had such a huge impact on our modern-day technology. This lesson seemed pretty essential for a class called ‘the Digital Past’. I can’t say I had much thought on the matter outside of that.
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