high-tech trashyness.

Upon reading Carroll's article, High-tech trash, I realized that the world is nothing but a giant hypocrite. I know it sounds harsh and extremely rude on my part, but its true. We have made attempts in what we believe to be a step forward into the going green through conferences like Copenhagen, and promoting eco-friendly resource use and better recycling programs. And even taken steps towards instilling penalties for those who have violated environmentally friendly laws. But i am starting to wonder what is the point. The prominent nations have talked a big game with their advertisements and effusive words of change, but when it really comes down to it is all talk. We claim we are trying to being green and recycle these technological devices which can be harmful if left to sit in a landfill, but thats what we have let them do. We moved them from one location to another. We have hid our trash in the mountains of exotic lands in hopes no one would catch onto what we are really doing. AS LONG AS WE DON'T SEE IT, THE PROBLEM DOESN'T EXISIT. And this is the truth. "Out of sight and out of mind", and therefore we allow ourselves to think we are making progress, when we just sit back and lie to ourselves and the rest of the world, and i frankly have never been more outraged!!!

red bull gave me wings..and they flew away.

We are a society that is constantly on the go. In a time where the 8 hrs a day/5 days a week schedule no longer exists, it is not a surprise that the average american cannot be limited anymore to regular, house blend or french roast for there on the go "energy boost". So we have welcomed the beautiful bubbly baby into our house, naming it Redbull . The high energy boost that it provides us with due to high amounts of caffeine and sugar, luring us in closer and closer to it with its lime color and carbonation.

So there is no surprise that Redbull is home to stay, and grow up in our homes. With its sweet talk of revitalization and being able to lift up your spirits during a long day has wooed the teenage, college and middle-aged girls and boys, sweeping them off their feet and into grocery store, convenient stores gas stations and cafes around the globe.

But like every "heartthrob", they get bored easily and move on with there lives, causing its victims to crash rapidly. Falling into a lethargic state of mind, feeling shaky nervous hungry and even more exhausted than before. He gives us wings to fly high up into the sky with and once we get to cruising altitude, he lets us fall.

an abstract analysis.

http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/03/04/ie6.funeral/index.html

Nicholas Carr in his article examines the idea if "google" really has made the modern american somewhat less intelligent. When he refers to google, in a sense it can be viewed as something much larger, the internet as a whole, and even other forms of modern technology. Giving many reasons for these ideas, internet has taken away the patience we have then reading books and long articles. In addition we no longer seem to be able to absorb any type of text that seems to be in excess. In order to support this claim Carr mentions how when one reads articles and researches through internet sources, we tend to skim through very rapidly, and jump from page to page and source to source only selecting what we need to know, and not diving deep into it. Further more through these accusations Carr warrants that everyone has access to the internet and uses it similarly.

Is google making us stupid.

http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200807/google

So as technology continues to become vital to our existance, like breathing, many people such as Nicholas Carr cannot help but indulge themselves in the concept "Is Google making us stupid". Well personally after reading his article, I can't help but think differently about the side effects of our technological dependance. It is without a doubt in my mind that as we begin to change our literary mediums our way of thinking begins to change as well. However this can be viewed simply as a form of adaptation to environment.Continuous use of the internet and dependance on it for various reasons, has just "inevitably caused us to take on the qualities of those technologies".

We are the generation of options. We constantly need to be on the go, and through the internet this need has made itself available right at our fingertips. Google has created the very thing we crave when it comes to knowledge. It has given us the options we need, and allows us to pick and choose what we want to read and how we want to think. Also more importantly, it keeps us moving, our minds are always on the go, flipping through pages, youtube videos, and other internet mediums.So I cannot find myself to think that the internet has really made us less intellectual as we were many decades ago.

Our internet today is simply the evolved version of a book on tape...right?