As I prepared for class re: Steven Johnson, I came upon a couple of things that might be of interest to you. First, there is his website, www.stevenberlinjohnson.com. While there, I was directed to a New York Times article, "Wired for Distraction," by Matt Richtel. It looks good, as does Johnson's response to the article. I hope to get to both soon.
I also watched this video promoting his book, Where Good Ideas Come From. I'm going to have to watch it again.
Here's must-watch TV: Stephen Colbert interviews Steven Johnson in 2006. And Charlie Rose, about five years ago, talks with Johnson for about 15 minutes. The interview starts shortly after the 40 minute mark.
I have been making similar arguments in papers and arguing with people over this exact subject. Steve Johnson has brought up the argument in a different way that I haven't thought of before. The one I found the most interesting was one I probably would not have thought of even though it was obvious to me in other analyses I've made for different subjects of the generational misunderstanding of the youth as a reason video games and technology is being attacked so vigorously.
ReplyDeleteThough I truly feel technology should be embarrassed. I also feel that technology should be put in its place in terms of how often we us it. As many things in our lives the use of technology should be used with some level of moderation.
Vincent Huff
English 1A
Tues/Thurs 9:15-11:20am
Strange, I finally see this post at 11:59.
ReplyDeleteNick Klotz
English 1A
Tues/Thurs 9:15-11:20am
I think that it is just a matter of oneself figuring out how to manipulate their passion or interests in a way that it is productive enough to go through life and be able to live. Vishal is the wrong kid to be looking at because he is actually being productive and doing something with what he loves. Not everyone necessarily need schooling to make a living or to become a proper person.
ReplyDeleteoh yea
ReplyDeleteEnglish 1A
Tues/Thurs 9:15am
I've seen his YouTube videos before with the whiteboard animations and instantly found them entertaining. Funny how a lot of things eventually connect together. Who knew I would be reading his work for an english class?
ReplyDeleteYadira Easley
English 1A
It remind me of my 100 English class in which we read a book called "The Filter Bubble" by Eli Pariser. It talked about how the internet is narrowing our intelligence and its manipulating our thinking and behavior by personalizing our web search.
ReplyDeleteAndrea Lopez
English 1A
After reading Growing up Digital, Wired for Distraction, I have noticed more and more people around me would be using their smartphone on the way to class, in class, or walking to the parking lot. People now are "wired to the distractions" to be notified what is going on around them through facebook or replying a new text message. I just checked how many text messages I used this month and it is nothing comparing to Allison Miller's 27,000 text messages per month.
ReplyDeleteVicky Ho
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Tu/Thurs 9:15-11:30a
Vicky,
DeleteThanks for sharing your observations with us.
--Christopher McCabe