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Lawrence Besong

Professor Chris Werry

RWS 100

6 September 2014

Public Thinking

            How amazing is it to realize that our generation is the generation of the future? Who would have ever thought that spending your free time on the 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 and his supporting evidence.

            Thompson starts off his text by introducing how technology impacts us without us even recognizing 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 a difference between 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.