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Post by Grace on Oct 22, 2018 9:45:02 GMT -5
Correct. It's changing our brains!!!
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Post by The Seer on Oct 22, 2018 18:44:56 GMT -5
Is that bad?
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Post by Poe's Coats Host Toast on Oct 22, 2018 18:55:07 GMT -5
that sounds like a new thread idea
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Post by Grace on Oct 23, 2018 9:44:00 GMT -5
Yeah, someone want to start it? Ha
I think it's probably not changing our brains for the better.
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Post by The Seer on Oct 31, 2018 15:34:11 GMT -5
well, all throughout history people have said the exact same thing, and we seem to be better off with books, and the written word, so I believe these changes are for the better.
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Post by Reba on Oct 31, 2018 15:47:52 GMT -5
i dunno what the phrase information age is supposed to imply, but it seems to just be an senex term for computers being a big part of economy ? i.e. IT age? not sure how the Geek Squad gonna change your opinnion on a novel.
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Post by Grace on Nov 2, 2018 19:49:23 GMT -5
No, I mean the fact that the Internet makes it so that lots of people are inundated with information constantly. We also have access to unimaginable amounts of information at our fingertips at all times. Is it good for our brains? is what I'm asking.
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Post by The Seer on Nov 3, 2018 11:14:37 GMT -5
Well, how would it be bad?
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Post by Grace on Nov 8, 2018 20:49:34 GMT -5
For example, Twitter might show you a hilarious meme, sports scores, fascist politicians, and graphic depictions of violence (police brutality, say) back to back in the span of a second. That's relatively new, and we don't yet know what that does to our brains, and if it's good or bad. With the constant influx of information, you get an awful lot of drivel. Maybe we'll just adjust, I don't know. But I don't think anyone would say it's not overwhelming.
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Post by Reba on Nov 8, 2018 21:09:56 GMT -5
But I don't think anyone would say it's not overwhelming. i will say it ya babushka. also still dont see how it affects the Laughing Cynic
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Post by Grace on Nov 10, 2018 0:21:53 GMT -5
make a new thread then. and you're not consuming enough information #soft
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Post by Reba on Nov 11, 2018 14:52:09 GMT -5
it's just that you said it did relate. I see it as Vonnegut prefers to err on the side of less verbose. Which is fine by me. Although I started reading him before the Information Age really got going and now my thoughts may have changed on this slightly.
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Post by Grace on Mar 24, 2019 20:58:02 GMT -5
Oh I meant that flowery sentences are less useful when we're constantly inundated with information, and more concise sentences are exponentially more useful.
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Post by Reba on Mar 27, 2019 15:52:14 GMT -5
Oh I meant that flowery sentences are less useful when we're constantly inundated with information, and more concise sentences are exponentially more useful. it's a good job literature isn't meant to be "useful" then.
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Post by Grace on Mar 28, 2019 7:53:07 GMT -5
ok that's nice, but irl people have a finite amount of time and energy, so, when faced with an abundance of information that we may not even want, the ability to compress is useful.
useful as in helpful. although i know you'd rather die than have any piece of art be even moderately utilitarian. so probably talking to a brick wall in that regard.
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