Besong 1
Lawrence Besong
Professor Chris Werry
RWS 100
6 September 2014
Public
Thinking
How amazing
is it to think that our generation is the generation of the future? Who would
have ever thought that spending free time on your computer could contribute to
something so much bigger? Clive Thompson is a Canadian freelance journalist,
blogger and science and technology writer. In the second chapter of Clive
Thompson’s book Smarter Than You Think,
“Public Thinking”, Thompson describes how various technological innovations
impacts our society for the better. Modern society is changing as we speak and
will continue to evolve over time. Clive Thompson answers the question, “Is
society changing the way we think for the better?” by the use of extraordinary
claims supported by intriguing evidence. He weaves his way through the minds of
his audience by opening up new thoughts towards the advancements of technology.
I plan to analyze Thompson’s text by dissecting his claims with a mix of my
opinions with his supporting evidence.
Thompson
starts off his text by introducing how technology impacts us without us even
knowing it. He states a modern way of public thinking by talking about blogging
and other social media that requires writing. Thompson throws a substantial statistic
towards us when he states, “I calculate that we’re composing at least 3.6
trillion words daily, or the equivalent of 36 million books every day. The
entire U.S. Library of Congress, by comparison, holds around 35 million books
(Thompson 47). Is there difference from writing your thoughts down on a paper
or posting your thoughts on the Internet? As Thompson explains to us that we
each write novels with the amount of writing we do without us knowing it, I
began to realize that posting your thoughts to blogs is very beneficial. By
blogging, you open up plenty of opportunities to connect with others and
possibly combine your thoughts to create something spectacular.
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