Writing Assignment: Write a blog post that considers what are the defining characteristics of your generation. Discuss a few specific works that in your opinion give "voice" to the outlooks and attitudes shared by your generation.
Our Generation. The Millenials. The Digital Age. What defines our Generation? Technology?
Faster than any generation before technology has risen at such a great speed that we have the ability to transfer and share knowledge and information with anyone around the world within seconds. Books, newspapers, and anything analogue are becoming obsolete. We no longer need to store as much information in our brains as before. Why learn math equations when a computer can do it for us at such a faster rate? Why memorize streets and route directions when a GPS can do it for us? Why memorize anything when we can just ask a machine a question and get back millions of answers? Why do anything when we have the technology to do it for us? We "aint got time fo' dat". We're constantly being plagued with new information and technology that we can't keep up with most of the time. We live behind screens and interact at an impersonal level. Face-to-face human interaction is becoming less of a thing. Should we accept and adapt to these technological advances?
I made a video to represent my struggles with a technological world overtaking the natural world that i feel so connected to:
https://vimeo.com/77989382
Statement: In Today's society we live in two worlds: the natural world and the artificial mechanical world. Oftentimes the line between the two becomes blurred as we willingly and sometimes unknowingly cross borders. The video focuses on our personal struggle with embracing and fighting technology.
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