Friday, February 1, 2013

Every one has their own opinions, let it be.

1.) Is David Weinberger's "A Marketplace of Echoes," asking us if the internet is making us stupid or if the internet is making us less diverse?

2.) Why are we always trying to figure out how something is harming the human race?

3.) Is the internet making us less diverse?

This is in response to question number three, "is the internet making us less diverse?" First of all I dont understand why we as human beings are always over analyzing things and trying to make it seem like technology such as the internet us setting us back.

In my opinion I think we are so far ahead of racisim and diversity than we were 100 years ago and I know all of us can agree on that. In a perfect world there would be no hate on gender, race, religion, etc but we do not live in a perfect world and it is time for people to start facing that. Also, lets be honest a perfect world would be absolutely boring so why are we always chasing after that?

I think people are who they are and feel the way they feel about things because how they were brought up and things they went through growing up and we cannot change that. Instead of worrying of trying to change everyone to the same beliefs and thoughts we should learn to agree to disagree.

I don't think the internet is making us less diverse because it opens us to be able to talk to all different kinds of people from all over the world. Therefore we are hearing millions of different opinions of different people. It's our choice on how we choose to listen to them and what they have to say and what we do with that information. I do agree with Weinberg though that we do tend to follow and surround ourselves with people that have the same opinions as ourselves but that's only natural, with or without the internet.

In conclusion I don't think that the world as a whole will ever not be racist or prejudice, but it's okay because if we didn't have different opinions and outlooks on life than we wouldn't be individuals.

1 comment:

  1. I really like what you had to say and definitely agree with it. I also really like the part about how a perfect world would be boring because I am a firm believer of that thought.

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